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In an ‘Oliver Twist’ prequel, Fagin gets a first name — and the spotlight
In both Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist and Allison Epstein’s novel, Fagin The Thief, the word “Jew” appears more than 300 ...
Charles Dickens’s Fagin gets rehabilitated, again
Allison Epstein’s “Fagin the Thief” is the latest work to reimagine a famously offensive character from “Oliver Twist” ...
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Allison Epstein's 'Fagin the Thief' gives the Oliver Twist character a backstory
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 ...