Oliver Twist

Level A2 - Elementary - Charles Dickens

Adaptation, Dossiers and Activities by P. Massara One of the most famous works of fiction by Charles Dickens, a view on London and its slums and workhouses during the Victorian Age, a "novel of formation" with striking contrasts. It is the story of an orphan from his orphanage and workhouse days to his flight to London, where he happens to live with a gang of boys led by a thief. Oliver has only met misery and people with no scruples and humanity in his life. But one day he meets a gentleman who believes in his goodness of heart…The reader contains in-depth analyses on Victorian towns, children's exploitation, children in literature and the cinema and theatre performances of Oliver Twist.    Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities. Uno dei romanzi più famosi di Charles Dickens, spaccato della vita della Londra dei bassifondi dell’epoca vittoriana. Romanzo di formazione e di grandi contrasti, è la storia di un ragazzo dai giorni dell’orfanotrofio alla fuga verso Londra dove si trova a vivere con persone spesso senza scrupoli e nessuna umanità.Il reader contiene inserti sulla società vittoriana, sullo sfruttamento minorile, sulla figura del bambino nella letteratura, sul cinema e il teatro di Oliver Twist.