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Reading Charles Dickens is usually an unalloyed pleasure; there is probably not another writer in English as entertaining. But reading “Oliver Twist,” you’re forced to contend with Fagin, the leader ...
Geanna Kirchner as Nancy, left, and Caleb Bitner as Bill Sikes are shown in a scene ahead of their performances at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. Courtesy of Angel Berlane Mulcahy, On My Cue ...
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JERICHO — Vermont Youth Dancers will perform “Oliver Twist” and raise money for a cause closely-related to the show’s story. Area youth will take the stage at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, ...
In both Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and Allison Epstein’s novel, Fagin the Thief, the word “Jew” appears more than 300 times. But there’s a big difference in how the authors use the word. In Dickens ...
Sometimes, there are second chances in literature. Charles Dickens' Fagin, the central scoundrel in his 1838 novel "Oliver Twist," leads a crime ring that exploits hungry orphans to rob unsuspecting ...