"Oliver twist" - The view of fagin in historical context of the book
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:59:10
Category: / History / European History
Length: 4 pages (1161 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 4 pages (1161 words)
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote the story of "Oliver Twist" which was officially published in November 1838. "Oliver Twist" was the second of his books and followed on from the highly successful publication of the Pickwick Papers. With the success of his first book, he would have been able to write about social issues of the time, assured of a wide readership due to this, and as such, the tale of Oliver Twist could be seen by …
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…C, The Hanging Tree, (Oxford: Oxford University press, 1994)
Pearson, Geoffrey, Hooligan: A history of respectable fears, (Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1983)
Thomas, Donald, The Victorian Underworld, (London: John Murray publishers, 1998)
Video
Oliver Twist (1948) Cineguild, London UK
Website
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/charlesdickens/OliverTwistOrtheParishBoysProgress/chap1.html
http://www.talkingto.co.uk/ttcd/html/ttcd_answ_scat.asp?CatID=93&AuthorID=5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml
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