Oliver Twist Summary
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Oliver Twist Summary

Oliver Twist, published in 1838, is one of Charles Dickens's best-known and well-loved works. It was written after he had already attained success as the author of The Pickwick Papers. It has been adapted as a film and a long-running Broadway musical and has been considered a classic ever since it was first published. The book originally appeared as a "serial"; that is, each chapter was published separately, in order, in a magazine called...

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Oliver Twist

3,905 words, approx. 14 pages

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens At age twelve, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe blacking factory apart from his family for reasons beyond his or their control. In the process, he met a working-clas... Read more

Charles Dickens Biographies (8)

Charles Dickens

6,645 words, approx. 23 pages

He was only fifty-eight when he died. His horse had been shot, as he had wanted; his body lay in a casket in his home at Gad's Hill, festooned with scarlet geraniums. Tributes poured in from all over ... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

2,274 words, approx. 8 pages

The English author Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was, and probably still is, the most widely read Victorian novelist. He is now appreciated more for his "dark" novels than for his humorous w... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

17,051 words, approx. 57 pages

The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fort... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,284 words, approx. 15 pages

Charles Dickens had one thing in common with his creation Thomas Gradgrind, the heartless utilitarian in Hard Times: a love of facts. Along with fourteen novels, many of them rich in topical allusion,... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

2,572 words, approx. 9 pages

Drawing his narrative themes from the sensation novel and the popular stage, Charles Dickens heavily freighted most of his plots with mystery, crime, and suspense. His chief legacies to crime litera... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

13,455 words, approx. 45 pages

From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,789 words, approx. 16 pages

In October 1844 Charles Dickens was in Genoa working on his second Christmas book, The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (1845). Hoping that a long forei... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

17,846 words, approx. 60 pages

Biography EssayThe life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unus... Read more

Essays & Analysis (14)

Critical Essay by Simon Edwards

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Critical Essay by Catherine J. Golden

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Critical Essay by Michael Hollington

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They are two entirely different things. Star wars, the billion-dollar film series from LucasFilm, loved by millions, and has spawned endless fortunes in advertising. Then, there¡¦s Oliver ... Read more

Analysis of Fagin's Last Night Alive in "Oliver Twist"

1,223 words, approx. 5 pages

Combining entertainment with a deep critique of the contemporary socioeconomic system and philosophy, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist explores the reality that in Victorian London, crime was neither ... Read more

Oliver Twist, A Narrative Summary

735 words, approx. 3 pages

As the child hero of an exaggerated novel of social protest, Oliver Twist was meant to appeal more to our emotions, than to the actual feelings. The orphan Oliver was an innocent, loving, child. ... Read more

Society and Corruption in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

593 words, approx. 2 pages

In Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Dickens reveals the corruption of society during Victorian England times. Dickens uses the cruelty of the orphanage, the selfishness of Fagin, and the gap between the... Read more

Comparing Oliver Twist and Moll Flanders

576 words, approx. 2 pages

Although both the protagonists in Oliver Twist and Moll Flanders begin with similar circumstances such as the affects of other personages upon them and their vulnerability, Moll strays from her life g... Read more

Comparison between "Stone Cold" and "Oliver Twist"

724 words, approx. 3 pages

There are many types of books. Fiction, non-fiction, diaries and fact books. Stone Cold is a book written in dual person narrative. This means that two people are telling their sides of the story in... Read more

Crime in Oliver Twist

2,055 words, approx. 7 pages

Crime in Oliver Twist During the 1830's in Victorian England, criminals had very severe punishments, yet many people indured the risk of being involved in gangs and other crimes becau... Read more

Women in "Oliver Twist"

1,252 words, approx. 5 pages

"There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity." This ... Read more

Why Is Oliver Twist Popular?

402 words, approx. 2 pages

Oliver Twist is considered one of the most popular novels in the histroy of world literature. However, unlike what the reader may expect, it doesnot cotain the unique vision to human nature that exist... Read more

Social System That Generates Criminals

1,292 words, approx. 5 pages

Poor Social System that Generates Criminals With the novel "Oliver Twist", Charles Dickens has successfully bring the public's attention to various contemporary social illness, including the underwo... Read more

Oliver Twist

1,140 words, approx. 4 pages

Oliver Twist was written during 1825. The character Oliver was born in a poverty stricken workhouse. Shortly after giving birth to her only son Oliver's mother died and he was sent to live with the re... Read more

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