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    Fagin /ˈfeɪɡɪn/ is a fictional character and the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. In the preface to the novel, he is...
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    works of 19th-century English author Charles Dickens, with increased focus in the 20th and 21st centuries. While Dickens was known to be highly sympathetic...
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  • Fagin the Jew is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner. In this book, Eisner retells the story of Fagin from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist...
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    Oliver Twist (category Novels by Charles Dickens)
    The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a...
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    Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created...
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  • of Charles Dickens novels. Following his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dickens' 1838...
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    Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. The Dodger is a pickpocket and his nickname...
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  • sequel to the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (1838). It features Thomas Brodie-Sangster as the eponymous Artful Dodger, David Thewlis as Fagin and Maia...
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  • new take on the Charles Dickens novel had begun filming, with Raff Law cast to play the titular Twist. Michael Caine was cast as Fagin, with Lena Headey...
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    novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and its several adaptations for theatre, television and films. She is a member of Fagin's gang and the lover, and...
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    (alongside Monks) in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Sikes is a malicious criminal in Fagin's gang, and a vicious robber and murderer. Throughout...
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  • Bart's 1960 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay...
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    title character and protagonist of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He was the first child protagonist in an English novel. The orphan...
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  • Baxter as Mary Hogarth Simon Bell as Charles Dickens as a boy Paul Nelson as Bob Fagin Graham Faulkner as Frederick Dickens Holly Palance as Miss Baldwin Trevor...
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  • directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood adapts Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same name. It is an international co-production...
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  • November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. In the film, Oliver is a homeless kitten who joins...
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    is a supporting character in the Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. He is a young boy and member of Fagin's gang of pickpockets, and sidekick...
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    Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Brownlow is a bookish and kindly middle-aged bachelor who helps Oliver escape the clutches of Fagin. He later adopts...
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    themed around elements of the life and work of Charles Dickens. After a soft opening in April, Dickens World officially opened to the public on 25 May...
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  • series, inspired by the Artful Dodger from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The series serves as a prequel to the events of Oliver Twist. The...
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    actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe...
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  • Eliza Davis (letter writer) (category Charles Dickens)
    bought Tavistock House in London from Dickens. Dickens' novel Oliver Twist refers to one of its characters, Fagin, 274 times in the first 38 chapters as...
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    places with Charles Darnay in prison in A Tale of Two Cities. Bates, Charley Member of Fagin's band of thieves. Often referred to by Dickens as "Master...
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    antagonists (alongside Bill Sikes) in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He is actually the criminally-inclined half-brother of Oliver Twist...
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  • Oliver! (category Musicals based on works by Charles Dickens)
    Christmas Carol. The plot of Dickens's original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin being represented more as a...
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  • Oliver Twist is a 1997 American made-for-television film based on Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same title. The film was directed by Tony Bill,...
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  • Dickensian (TV series) (category Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens)
    created and co-written by Tony Jordan, brings characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector...
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    Charles Dickens's works are especially associated with London, which is the setting for many of his novels. These works do not just use London as a backdrop...
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    earliest sound adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same title, it stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy,...
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    Ikey Solomon (category Charles Dickens)
    Tasmania). He is widely regarded as the model for the character Fagin in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. Solomon was born into a Jewish family in Houndsditch...
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