Dickens Club… Oliver Twist, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-up 18 Apr 202218 Apr 2022 Wherein we glance back at the first week of the #DickensClub reading of Oliver Twist (week sixteen of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23); With General Memoranda, a summary of…
Dickens Club… Making Sense of Fagin, Dickens’ Most Troubling Character 13 Apr 2022 By Boze Herrington What’s a Dickens-lover to make of Fagin? The iconic gang leader and child-stealer in Dickens’ second novel, dark mentor to the orphaned Oliver Twist, has long made…
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