Oliver Twist - Charles DickensCharacter: ★★★★☆
Setting: ★★★☆☆
Plot: ★★★★☆
Overall: ★★★☆☆
Summary: This is a story about an orphaned boy called Charles Dickens who had an unfair childhood but has a happy life at the end. He is raised at first in an orphanage but he runs away and he does lots of little things. He meets Fagin who teaches him how to steal. One time, he is amazed by the way Jack Dawkins stole a handkerchief, but he got caught and accused of stealing the handkerchief. The man who lots his handkerchief saves Charles and takes him in. He gets taken back by Fagin when he tries to help the man. He has to help Sikes in a burglary and gets shot. The owners of the house he tried to rob feel sorry for him and raise him up. Oliver gets reunited with the kind gentleman, Mr. Bronlow and together they find out about Oliver's dark childhood. Oliver finds out who his relatives are and Fagin gets hanged. In the end, Mr. Bronlow adopts Oliver and together with the kind people who Oliver tried to rob, they live happily together in the countryside.
I like this book a lot, but it was annoying reading about how Oliver was constantly mistreated and shunned by society. The ending was really satisfactory. I recommend this book to anyone who likes real life stories and happy endings.
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