A review by gordonk
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

3.0

As someone who grew up watching the 1968 movie it was only a matter of time until I checked out the source material. The story gave me a lot of what I expected it to as seen in the movie but there are also a lot of long winded descriptions about people and places that are only slightly relevant. One thing that struck me was how Fagin comes across as the main villain of the piece with Bill Sikes playing second fiddle. Bill is a lot less intimidating in his literary form and Fagin much more of a threat. The story itself gives us a lot more information on Oliver’s parentage and long winded though it may be it is definitely an interesting read for fans of the movie. No singing and dancing here just a cold and dingy look at the dog eat dog life of a pauper in Victorian London!