Oliver Twist

Jēkabs Jānis Grīnbergs 11.e

 Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens 
 Born 7 February 1812 
 Died 9 June 1870
 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds on short stories.
 He had 10 children.
 "Lucifer Box", "Chickenstalker" and "Skittles".
 Facts about the book
 It was the second novel.
 Of resembles his life.
 Oliver Twist was written as a response to an inhumane law.
 Oliver Twist has been performed in more than 20 languages.
(the musical stage.)
 +500 pages
 1968. film version won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
 The main characters
 Oliver Twist
 Fagin
 Bill Sikes
 Artful Dodger
 Nancy
 Mr. Brownlow
 Setting
 18th century
 (child labor)
 London
 Plot
 The Workhouse
 Sowerberry (undertaker)
 To London
 John Dawkins, The Artful Dodger => Fagin
 Oliver gets arrested
  Mr. Brownlow
 Oliver gets caught by Nancy
 Oliver's big burglary (failed)
 Nancy speaks with Miss Maylie
 Fagin orders Noah to rat out Nancy
 Sikes kills Nancy
 The truth about Oliver
 Fagin is sentenced to death
 Moral

 If you have started a journey, never be frightened or quit in fear of

failure.
 Don’t settle in life for less than what you deserve.
 British child labor laws.
Symbolism
 Quotes
“Please, sir, I want some more.” 


“People like us don't go out at night cause people

like them see us for what we are” 


“The law is a ass, Sir!” 

 New vocabulary
 Ebbing- move away from the land; recede.
 Pauper- a very poor person.
 Badged- an orphan of a work house
 Malefactors- a person who commits a crime
or some other wrong.
 Oakum - a tar-soaked fiber used as a
caulking in ships
 Skimpy- (of clothes) short and revealing.
 Gruel- a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other
meal boiled in milk or water.
 Culprit- a person who is responsible for a
crime or other misdeed.
 Flog- beat (someone) with a whip or stick as
a punishment.
 Retainer- a thing that holds something in
place.
 Bedight – decorate
 Besmirch - smear so as to make dirty or stained
 Bight - a bend or curv
 Erstwhile - belonging to some prior time
 Trumpery - ornamental objects of no great value
 Forswear - formally reject or disavow
 Thwart - hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or
desire
 Weir - a low dam built across a stream to raise
its level or divert its flow
 Tithe - a levy of one tenth of something
 Forswear - formally reject or disavow
 Wizened - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as
from age or illness
 Flighty - guided by whim and fancy
 Acwellan - to kill
 Agen – own
 Recondite - (of a subject or knowledge) little
known; abstruse.
 Shrill - (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and
piercing.
 Profuse - (especially of something offered or
discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.
 Tenuous - very weak or slight.
 Sedate - calm, dignified, and unhurried.
 Piquancy - plesantly sharp and appetizing
flavour
 Frecle – become covered with frecckles
 Brigand – a member of criminal gang.
 Rummaged – search unsistematicley and
untidy through something
 Dab – strike with a light blow.
 Canopy - an ornamental cloth covering hung
or held up over something.
 Rasped - a harsh, grating noise
 Calloused - having an area of hardened skin
 Perpetual - never ending or changing.
 Recondite - little known; abstruse.
 Ordeal - a very unpleasat and prolonged experience.
 Insidious - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but
with harmful effects.
 Permissible - permitted; allowed.
 Cagey - reluctant to give information owing to
caution or suspicion.
 Sob – cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps.
 Shrug – raise (ones shoulders) slightly and
momentarily to express doubt.
 Conjure – implore (someone) to do something.
 Blimp – a pompous, reactionary type of person.
 Bulging – swell or protrude to an unnatural or
incongruous extent.
 Chivalrous – gallant towards women.
 Feebly – in a way that lacks strenght or force.
 Seethe – br filled with intense but unexpected anger.
Conclusion
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