Oliver walks to London, and encounters on the Road a strange sort of young Gentleman
Is this the den of thieves? I assume that this occurs in London and maybe the Gentleman is one of the den? Idk.
Oliver decides to go to London because he has heard that it's a city of opportunity. I'm guessing he's going to have a lot more hardship. He walks 20 miles with only a crust of bread to eat :( and the next day walks 12, and he begs a coach to take him but they won't because he's too exhausted to run.
Luckily Oliver's life is saved by the fact that a couple of people are kind enough to give him food. After a week of walking, he's having a rest when he notices he's being watched.
This new character has 'bow-legs' and 'little sharp ugly eyes'.
Well, the character has now confused Oliver (and me; beak? mill?) and has offered to buy him some food. I SMELL A RAT. This must be the 'young Gentleman' of the title, and I suspect that he will force Oliver to become a thief. Or something.
So after their meal, (Jack Dawkins has a beer lol), they're off to London, to the lodgings of a ''spectable old genelman' who will give Oliver lodgings for free! I know Oliver's 11 and has been starving his whole life but still, obviously a trap.
Ooh, Jack is known as 'The artful Dodger', a name on the blurb AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE SOMEWHERE BUT WHERE?!
Man, England has some crazy names. 'Hockley-in-the-hole', for example. What is it even meant to mean?
So London is smelly and dirty and Dickens did NOT just insult the Irish!!! My people > all
Oh noooo! My excitement here about a 'merry old gentleman' was, I believe, directed at Fagin, an 'arch-villain' (according to the blurb) and described quite unappealingly in this passage! Oh irony
Well, Oliver's in the thieves den now, and I am reminded again of Dickens ability to keep me engrossed even when his language is impenetrable. I guess there's a reason he's one of the most famous writers ever...
"In some villages, large painted boards were fixed up, warning all persons who begged within the district that they would be sent to jail, which frightened Oliver very much, and made him glad to get out of them with all possible expedition."The little shopping arcade on my street has a sign banning busking or begging, too. I suppose the difference is that there are soup kitchens are various support networks available for homeless people now, which didn't exist in Dickens' time.
Luckily Oliver's life is saved by the fact that a couple of people are kind enough to give him food. After a week of walking, he's having a rest when he notices he's being watched.
This new character has 'bow-legs' and 'little sharp ugly eyes'.
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So after their meal, (Jack Dawkins has a beer lol), they're off to London, to the lodgings of a ''spectable old genelman' who will give Oliver lodgings for free! I know Oliver's 11 and has been starving his whole life but still, obviously a trap.
Ooh, Jack is known as 'The artful Dodger', a name on the blurb AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE SOMEWHERE BUT WHERE?!
Man, England has some crazy names. 'Hockley-in-the-hole', for example. What is it even meant to mean?
So London is smelly and dirty and Dickens did NOT just insult the Irish!!! My people > all
Oh noooo! My excitement here about a 'merry old gentleman' was, I believe, directed at Fagin, an 'arch-villain' (according to the blurb) and described quite unappealingly in this passage! Oh irony
Well, Oliver's in the thieves den now, and I am reminded again of Dickens ability to keep me engrossed even when his language is impenetrable. I guess there's a reason he's one of the most famous writers ever...
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