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thereddithippie t1_j8m123w wrote

I started it many years ago and never managed to finish it because of those exact same reasons. Also I found it very antisemitic but I was young and put may things into the wrong context. Just out of interest - did you get this impression also?

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LordLaz1985 t1_j8mcdsj wrote

Oh, yes, Fagin is very much an antisemitic stereotype. Sadly, antisemitism was very common back then.

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boxer_dogs_dance t1_j8mz8tx wrote

Re antisemitism, readers at the time called Dickins out about Fagin. Dickins responded and later wrote better jewish characters,

https://tikvatisrael.org/charles-dickens-imperfect-teshuvhah/

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Y_Brennan t1_j8n6omg wrote

He also revised Oliver twist to cut out discribing faigin as the jew

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thereddithippie t1_j8nzx9i wrote

Thank you so much for the link, this is very interesting - I love how Mrs Davis called him out!

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thereddithippie t1_j8md4ix wrote

Thank you for the confirmation! I wonder if I should try to read it again now that I am older and can put more things in context.

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