Oliver Twist - The Poem

By Smeed, Juliette, E, Dr.

Book Id: WPLBN0100302364
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Reproduction Date: 21/04/2020

Title:	Oliver Twist - The Poem
Author:	Smeed, Juliette, E, Dr.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Drama and Literature, Victorian Literature
Collections:	Authors Community, Poetry
Historic Publication Date:	2020
Publisher:	Dr Smeed

Member Page:	Juliette Smeed
Citation APA MLA Chicago Dr. Juliette E Smee, B. M., & Ryder, Illustrato, F. E. (2020). Oliver Twist - The Poem. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Oliver's tale has been retold on stage, in graphic novels and on small and large screens. This time the story is transformed into a rhyming poem in which no actor or scene is overlooked. The abiding tale of childhood crime and redemption transformed yet again

Summary
Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist has delighted and terrified readers for generations. The novel contains some of the funniest, but also the most harrowing, scenes from nineteenth-century London in fiction. Characters such as Fagin, Nancy, and Bill Sikes have become legends of the criminal underworld, and the orphan boy himself an icon of suffering and redemption. The entire cast lives again in Oliver Twist - The Poem.

Excerpt
Oliver Twist is a story of suffering. Delicate readers will likely need buffering From many episodes drawn from the life Of this orphan boy born into sorrow and strife. And from villains whose deeds are so truly appalling, I have to conclude they were bred to the calling. The first of his problems was losing his mother. The second, a truly despicable brother – But more on that later, for here at the start There’s some critical background I have to impart. Like that Oliver’s mother expired at his birth And before she had even been laid in the earth Her beloved new babe was encountering dangers Alone in the hands of detestable strangers.

Table of Contents
Concerning the Origins of Oliver Twist In which Oliver Gains a Profession Concerning Oliver’s First Experience of London In which Oliver Twist Discovers Riches Concerning Oliver’s First Brush with the Law Concerning Oliver’s First Experience of Home Life A Testing Episode In which Oliver’s Comfort comes to an Abrupt End In which Oliver’s Past Catches Up with Him Concerning Oliver’s Moral Welfare In which Plans are Made on Oliver’s Behalf In which Another Treacherous Fellow First Appears In which Oliver gains a Valuable Ally Concerning Oliver’s Most Dangerous Hour thus far In which Dreadful News is Imparted Into which a Person of Great Significance enters Which contains Welcome News after a Long Wait Concerning a Confusing Rural Encounter In which a Nightmare becomes Reality In which the Bumbles make Yet More Mischief In which Nancy discovers that Oliver is Alive - For Now Concerning Nancy’s fall into danger Records the Return of an Old “Friend” of Oliver Twist In which Nancy risks Everything for Oliver In which the Two Women in Oliver’s Life Meet In which Fates are Decided Concerning how Oliver Discovered his Family Concerning how Rose Discovered her Family In which Fagin does Something Dreadful In which Sikes does Something Worse In which Fagin’s Crew face Consequences What Happened at Folly Ditch The Fate of Bill Sikes In which the Last Threat to Oliver is Removed In which Another Family Reunion takes place Concerning Fagin’s Day of Reckoning Containing a Record of Fagin’s Last Scheme Epilogue