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442: 941:- Dickens is probably making a point here, with every confidence that his contemporary readers would get it. The New Poor Law was brought in to toughen up the treatment of paupers and to exclude magistrates from poor-law administration so far as reasonably practicable, precisely because they could not be trusted not to wreck a 'tough love' policy by unwarrantable lapses into kindliness, benevolence or Christian charity (which - as any political economist worth his salt could have explained - would be counter-productive in the long run).) 229: 547: 537: 516: 432: 411: 834:. The several artists who filled this role were privy to the contents and intentions of Dickens's instalments before the general public. Thus, by reading these correspondences between author and illustrator, the intentions behind Dickens's work can be better understood. These also reveal how the interests of the reader and author do not coincide. A great example of that appears in the monthly novel 289: 262: 838:. At one point in this work, Dickens had Oliver become embroiled in a robbery. That particular monthly instalment concludes with young Oliver being shot. Readers expected that they would be forced to wait only a month to find out the outcome of that gunshot. In fact, Dickens did not reveal what became of young Oliver in the succeeding number. Rather, the reading public was forced to wait 299: 625: 220: 1079:"He set his foot against the stack of chimneys, fastened one end of the rope tightly and firmly round it, and with the other made a strong running noose by the aid of his hands and teeth almost in a second. He could let himself down by the cord to within a less distance of the ground than his own height, and had his knife ready in his hand to cut it then and drop. 379: 937:
interests of the paupers themselves) was the prevailing orthodoxy amongst political economists of the day, and sincerely held. From the point of view of the 21st century, it may well look wrong and inhuman, but that does not make its 19th century adherents 'hypocrites'. (Interestingly, OT escapes chimney-sweeping because of a kindly old
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At the very instant when he brought the loop over his head previous to slipping it beneath his arm-pits, and when the old gentleman before-mentioned (who had clung so tight to the railing of the bridge as to resist the force of the crowd, and retain his position) earnestly warned those about him that
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When Nancy seeks out Rose at the place where Monks said she would be, Mr Brownlow has returned to London and Oliver has found him, brought him to meet the Maylies. Thus he is staying at the same place as Rose, who seeks him out for support when Nancy arrives. I do not remember the chapter number, but
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I have a different impression - at least from the book - in that I perceived Dickens to have played up the stereotype, calling him "The Jew" repeatedly. I will grant that it is possible that he meant this more as an identifier, as authors back then tended to refer to characters other than by their
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I hope this doesn't seem nitpicky, but that second sentence in the intro isn't quite right. It says "The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse and travels..." Actually he is sold out of the workhouse to an undertaker, and he escapes from the undertaker. Just sayin...
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Staggering as if struck by lightning, he lost his balance and tumbled over the parapet. The noose was on his neck. It ran up with his weight, tight as a bow-string, and swift as the arrow it speeds. He fell for five-and-thirty feet. There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and
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doctrine of 'tough love' for paupers. Most of the features of the workhouse regime Dickens has a go at will have been specified to the guardians by the Poor Law Commission. The idea that a harsh workhouse regime was necessary (not only in the interests of society as a whole, but also in the
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I have just added a section on the book's reception, which I feel is important information because it explains why the book is a classic in addition to detailing its political impact in Victorian society. However, the section is empty cos I have just added it. Feel free to edit it if u like
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re your recent revert, the real problem is the poorly written sentence: "The many symbols Oliver faces are primarily good versus evil, with evil continually trying to corrupt and exploit good, but good winning out in the end"–"good versus evil" isn't a
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Article text refers to the workhouse guardians as 'hypocritically' attempting to apprentice OT to the chimneysweep, and as being 'savagely hypocritical' . Nobody in the workhouse makes any pretence to be kindly; they are all officially committed to the
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There should be some discussion here of the portrayal of Fagin in the book which led to accusations that Dickens was anti-Semitic. Oddly enough there are details of this in the article about Dickens himself but not here.
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article, based on this particular book, as it has been academically discussed from multiple sources, so I think a complete encyclopedic treatment of this book should at least include some of that discussion.
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that is the sequence of events and why Rose has him as her first choice for helping Nancy and hearing what Nancy has to say. A sentence about Brownlow being found in London was added to the Plot summary. --
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the man was about to lower himself down—at that very instant the murderer, looking behind him on the roof, threw his arms above his head, and uttered a yell of terror.
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My impression of Fagin from the book - but, admittedly, also based on movie portrayals, is that he is a criminal. His Jewish identity isn't particularly played up.
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Dickens's technique of writing in monthly or weekly instalments (depending on the work) can be understood by analysing his relationship with his
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given names frequently. Nonetheless, the IP editor correctly notes that extensive treatment to this topic is given in the main
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I'm not sure what our Knowledge anti-semitism standards are, but I'd sure like to see at least (A) identification of the
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hummmm... poorly written it is indeed. maybe we have to retrace the development of this entire paragraph. --
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i.e. that symbolism that Sikes was trying to escape being hanged but in doing so was hanged anyway.
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by a particular source, who gives evidence of that motivation existing; as opposed to someone simply
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Following up on this, I have gone ahead and incorporated/altered some of the relevant text from
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In what chapter does she go to Brownlow? Rose tells him.("to his great surprise")
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Shouldn't be there a reference to the model that presumeably inspired the novel?
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for additional information. I made the following changes:
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stereotype or criticism of Jews is motivated by hatred. --
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Nancy goes to Rose Maylie and Mr. Brownlow to warn them.
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