Fagin and Oliver Twist from 'Oliver Twist'

Category

Library Item

Item no

24869

Title

Fagin and Oliver Twist from 'Oliver Twist' (caption)

Description

The caption page for the Fagin and Oliver Twist illustration is decorated with an image of a black wooly sheep.

Artist / maker

Fraser, Claud Lovat

Date

1924

Size

12.0 x 10.0 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens' second novel and arguably his most famous. It was first published in a series of installments between 1837 and 1839. It is well-known for its social satire and its characterisation of London's criminal underclass.
Fagin is a manipulative character who runs a school for petty thieves where Oliver finds refuge.
Oliver Twist has perhaps the most famous of Dickens' lines when living in a desperate workhouse he dares to say one mealtime, 'Please, sir, I want some more'.

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