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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
I’ve read a lot of Dickens, and I can easily say that this is one of my favorites. It read so differently than some of his later novels, which are big and expansive and weighty. I love those books, too. But this book has a lightness to it that isn’t found in some of his later books. This was his second novel, so I do wonder if, as he aged, he lost some of his belief in humankind’s ability to be full of mercy and kindness and forgiveness. This book, despite its truly awful murder scene and abusive treatment of children, manages to make me believe that we might be able to make the world a better place by embracing the love and charity that Dickens so clearly believed could make a difference in society.