the horrid life of an orphan in Victorian London is described in heart wrenching detail.
Review:
Dickens is the king of bleak Victorian stories, full of horrid conditions described in excruciating detail with characters who would have been better off being born in the Middle Ages than in their current circumstances. This is no exception to that rule, Oliver is an orphan who, through the circumstances of life ends up homeless in London where he is taken in by a con man and his group of pick pockets. I love this story, the actual novel not as much as some of the adaptions, but it is still worth reading. The story is depressing, the prose are brilliant and the descriptions so intense it is almost like you are actually living in the squalor of Victorian London, smelling the stench and hating the world. The line "Please, Sir, I want some more." really encompasses the whole story, it is a have and have not world, we are lucky to be counted among the haves. I do not recommend this to a casual reader as it is not the easiest thing to read. Any one who is interested in Victorian London would get enjoyment out of it for sure.
"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded."
"My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind."
"Please, sir, I want some more."
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