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" Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that that class of criminal almost invariably was a Jew. "
Letters, Speeches, Plays and Poems - Page 308
by Charles Dickens, Frederic George Kitton - 1908 - 625 pages
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Life and Writings of Charles Dickens: A Memorial Volume

R. A. Hammond - 1871 - 450 pages
...charity, Mr. Dickens said, " Fagin, in Oliver Twist, is a Jew because it unfortunately was true, at the time to which that story refers, that that class...firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis personm are Christians ; and, secondly, that he is called the ' Jew,' not because of his religion,...
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1852-1870

John Forster - 1874 - 616 pages
...esteemed, he had written two years before. " Fagin, in Oliver Twist, is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true, of the time to which that story refers,...firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis persona are Christians; and, secondly, that he is called ' The Jew,' not because of his religion, but...
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The Life of Charles Dickens: 1852-1870

John Forster - 1874 - 616 pages
...esteemed, he had written two years before. " Fagin, in Oliver Twist, is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true, of the time to which that story refers,...firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis personcs are Christians; and, secondly, that he is called ' The Jew," not because of his religion,...
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The Life of Charles Dickens: 1852-1870

John Forster - 1874 - 802 pages
...esteemed, he had written two years before. " Fagin, in Oliver Twist, is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true, of the time to which that story refers,...firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis persona are Christians; and, secondly, that he is called ' The Jew,' not because of his religion, but...
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The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume 3

John Forster - 1874 - 586 pages
...(meaning myself) is hot, I two yean before. ' Fagin, in Oliccr Twist, is a Jew, because it unfortunately ' was true, of the time to which that story refers, that that class of criminal ' almost invariably teas a Jew. But surely no sensible man or woman of your ' persuasion can fail to observe—firstly,...
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The Letters of Charles Dickens: 1857 to 1870

Charles Dickens - 1879 - 558 pages
...than I have always supposed them to be. Fagin, in " Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that...invariably was a Jew. But surely no sensible man or wo* Answer to letter from Jewish lady, remonstrating with him on injustice to the Jews, shown in the...
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The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume 2

Charles Dickens - 1880 - 618 pages
...than I have always supposed them to be. Fagin, in "Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that...personce are Christians; and secondly, that he is called the "Jew," not because of his religion, but because of his race. If I were to write a story, in which...
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The Letters of Charles Dickens, Issue 32, Volume 2

Charles Dickens - 1880 - 514 pages
...than I have always supposed them to be. Fagin, in " Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that...firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis personal are Christians; and secondly, that he is called the " Jew," not because of his religion, but...
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the letters of charles dickens

his sister- in law and his eldest daughter - 1893 - 790 pages
...than I have always supposed them to be. Fagin, in " Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that...sensible man or woman of your persuasion can fail to observe—firstly, that all the rest of the wicked dramatis persona: are Christians; and secondly,...
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The Writings of Charles Dickens: With Critical and ..., Volume 31

Charles Dickens - 1894 - 574 pages
...than I have always supposed them to be. Fagin, in " Oliver Twist," is a Jew, because it unfortunately was true of the time to which that story refers, that...personce are Christians ; and secondly, that he is called the "Jew," not because of his religion, but because of his race. If I were to write a story, in which...
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