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"...in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat...the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter".
An item of mortality!
Such a telling way to describe a newborn...part of the remarkable opening paragraph in which Dickens adopts the voice of one who--like the society that surrounds Oliver--cannot be concerned with the newborn waif's identity.
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An item of mortality!
Such a telling way to describe a newborn...part of the remarkable opening paragraph in which Dickens adopts the voice of one who--like the society that surrounds Oliver--cannot be concerned with the newborn waif's identity.
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It's been an unofficial goal of mine to, at some point, read all of Dickens' major works. Somehow, I haven't tackled this one yet.
Came across a nice copy at Half-Price Books the other day, so my future reading fate was pleasantly sealed :)
— Nov 05, 2026 03:39AM
Came across a nice copy at Half-Price Books the other day, so my future reading fate was pleasantly sealed :)