Oliver Twist What Do I Read Next?

What Do I Read Next?

(Novels for Students)

Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) is a humorous satire on pre-Victorian London.

Dickens's David Copperfield (1849-1850), drawn from Dickens's own early experiences, tells the story of a young orphan.

Bleak House, by Dickens (1852-1853), is a satirical tale set in the labyrinth of the English legal system.

Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a dramatic narrative of the French Revolution.

Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre (1847) tells another story about an orphan in nineteenth-century England.

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How does Charles Dickens represent marriage in Oliver Twist?

There are two prominent depictions of marriage that Dickens draws in Oliver Twist The first is that marriage is necessary between young people who act so as to bring a baby into the world. This is...
How does Oliver Twist get his name?

Oliver Twist was named according to an alphabetical system used to name orphans but the name is actually a play on words. Oliver Twist is, in fact, "all of a twist". Although born in a poorhouse,...
What is the major theme of Dickens' novel Oliver Twist and is it a novel or a novella?

The primary theme in "Oliver Twist" is the age-old battle between good and evil. As quoted in Enotes, Dickens once wrote that he "wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of...
What narrative techniques does Dickens use in Oliver Twist?

Oliver Twist is what's known as a progress. In fact, the subtitle was "A Parish Boy's Progress" originally. In a progress, the main character does not take action directly. In short, he does not...
What are the major differences between Dickens' Oliver Twist and Polanski's movie adaptation?

The major difference is that the film leaves out everything in the novel that refers to Oliver's past history. A second difference is that the film avoids the novel's episodic structure with...