Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens (England)
1837 – 600 pages (varies)
rating:  8.5 /classic

Why read Dickens?  It’s kind of like comfort food with the same basic ingredients,  but in a lot of different flavors – like flavored yogurt.

Reading Dickens gives me a peek into the past.  He wrote for folks of the mid-19th century and was a very popular satirist.   Generally he lampoons the social and legal structures of the times as well as the hypocrisy of many Christians.  >>>>MORE>>>>