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.

Chapter 1 – Oliver’s early life

Chapter 2 – Oliver’s first job

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Extension: Victorian towns

Chapter 3 – Oliver in London

Chapter 4 – Oliver’s life changes

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Extension: Children’s exploitation from Dickens to today

Chapter 5 – The robbery

Chapter 6 – New friends for Oliver

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Extension: Children in literature

Chapter 7 – Oliver is not alone

Chapter 8 – The end of all mysteries

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Extension: Oliver Twist performances

Summing-up activities

Glossary

1  Oliver s early life Chapter BEFORE READING 1 Oliver Twist is set in the Victorian period. Check what you know about this period and write true or false for each statement. T F a. It is called Victorian after Queen Victoria. c c b. She ruled England for a very short period. c c c. England was becoming an industrial country. c c d. England was a poor country. c c e. Poor children were often ill-treated and sent to work. c c f. Alcoholism was a common problem among the poor. c c 2 Oliver lives in a  workhouse . Here is a definition of this word in scrambled order. Put it in the correct order with numbers.             3 where they were fed and housed work done. In the past it was for the poor a place provided by the government in exchange for Look at the illustration on p. 8 and answer the following questions. a. Who do you think the child in the foreground is? .................................. b. What is he doing? ......................................................................................................... c. What clothes is he wearing? ................................................................................... A workhouse in Leicester (c.1840). 6 

Oliver Twist Oliver s early life Chapter 1 Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse1. Two people were present: an old woman and a doctor. The woman was always drunk2 and the doctor had little interest in his patients. There was another person in the room. It was Oliver s mother. She was young and beautiful but very weak3. She whispered4,  Let me see the child and die.  The doctor gave the child to her. She kissed him and died. The old woman said,  Poor dear , then she put a bottle of gin in her pocket. The doctor put on his coat. Before going away, he told the nurse to give the child a little milk. Then he asked:  Who was his mother?  The nurse answered that nobody knew her. Somebody found her in the street the night before the child s birth. She was exhausted5 and her shoes were old and dirty6. She had no wedding ring7.  It s always the same old story,  the doctor said sadly. Oliver was just a baby and no one could look after8 him, so he was sent to a children s home to live with other children. Mrs Mann was responsible for them. She was an old woman. She didn t care about the children and she kept for herself the money from the workhouse board9 for the children. The board made periodic visits to the children s home and always sent Mr Bumble, the policeman, the day before to say that they were coming. So Mrs Mann could prepare the children. They were always clean on the day of the board s visit and everybody thought Mrs Mann was doing a good job. 1. workhouse: see note 4 p. 4. 2. was  drunk: drank too much alcohol. 3. weak: not strong. 4. whispered: said with little voice. 5. exhausted: very tired. 6. dirty: not clean. 7. wedding ring: a circular piece of gold that you wear on your finger when you are married. 8. look after: take care of him like a mother. 9. board: group of people that make decisions. 7 1 

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