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Book Reading - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

General Comment:As mentioned earlier on my April 19 2007 post, I have embarked on writing a few words on all the books that I may read in my retirement. I will reread few books which I read over last few years - this to allow me to capture some good essence from the readings.

The recent book I have completed reading is a book by Charles Dickens titled Oliver Twist. This book is paperback (some 419 pages long).Charles Dickens is famous English writer who was born in 1812. He wrote the book in 1837 and thus this book is a classical book and bears witness to life in London at that time. It is painful book to read - most parts- Howevre there is humour in it all along. Young Oliver meets with calamities one after another but Oliver comes thru life  by help from good people (who incidently were related to his mother as unfolded in the story). It is a thriller in that the spy and detective work is required to unrevel the mystery of Oliver’s background. All in all a pleasant book to read.

This is one of the books I discovered on an obscure shelf in my office room. These books  are my son’s who became avid reader of books when in middle and high schools. So now I am joyful to discover these and enjoying reading them.