Dan Johnson
Auteur de Oliver Twist: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Œuvres de Dan Johnson
Creative Guide to Journal Writing: How to Enrich Your Life With a Written Journal (1989) 14 exemplaires
The Jungle Book-Treasury of Illustrated Classics Storybooks Collection by Rudyard Kipling (2013-01-21) 3 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
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- 126
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- #159,216
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- 4.1
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This version of Oliver Twist condenses Charles Dickens’s renowned Victorian novel into an 80-page graphic novel. As adapter, Johnson does a good job reducing the page length of the book while still retaining all aspects of the story. Nagulakonda’s illustrations breathe additional life into the story by adding emotive characterizations and portraying the stark contrasts between Oliver’s life in poverty and his life when sheltered by upper-class families such as the Maylies. The book begins with a brief introduction to the Dickens’s life and ends with additional factoids on London during the author’s lifetime, noting problems of poverty and sanitation. All and all, this makes for a good introduction into Dickens’s works for younger or reluctant readers rather than the original – and for some, intimidating – 400-page novel.
Like many other of Dickens’s works, Oliver Twist is rife with economic concepts as the author uses the complex melodramatic plot to comment on serious issues of his day such as poverty and crime. In particular, the novel serves as a commentary on the welfare system of the time and how badly the poor were treated. Beyond pointing out the obvious consequences of poverty such as the lack of spending money for wants, Oliver Twist also serves to illuminate the far-reaching effects, including poor living conditions and sickness while highlighting the need for social reforms such as compulsory education for children and stricter child labor laws.
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