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LordLaz1985 t1_j8mcdsj wrote

Reply to comment by thereddithippie in Cruelty and child abuse in "Oliver Twist" by SamN712

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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