Oliver Twist & Sydney Carton

When I was in JH and HS in Egypt. We had to study novels for our English class.

One year we did "Oliver Twist", another year we did "A Tale Of Two Cities", and one year we studied "Great Expectations"

I would always get super excited when I find out we'll be studying a book by Charles Dickens and extremely disappointed when we did not -like that one year we studied "Around The World The World In 80 Days" by Jules Verne ...don't get me started.

I fell in love with his writing, his characters, his style of telling the story. They always started with a little bit of ambiguity and as you keep reading, the pieces are put together. He became my favourite author.

As you read, you start feeling for the characters. Sometimes you can relate to them. There might be even someone that reminds you of one of the characters.

In Oliver Twist, you have sympathy towards the orphaned kid.

In A Tale Of Two Cities, your emotions are torn between the French mob and Lucie and her father Dr. Manette who are part of the aristocratic society.

You will definitely have feelings for Sydney Carton. The good friend who's willing to sacrifice himself for his loved ones. (My teacher the entire year kept raving about Sydney Carton...and she had absolutely every right to do so)

Those are two of my favourite Charles Dickens novels. They're very interesting, relatable, they could be mistaken for stories that have taken place in History. Could he be anymore relatable?

Fun fact: one time I was reading at the school's morning broadcast when I was in the second grade. I was reading facts about Charles Dickens. I read his name "Charl-es" instead of "Charls". The school's principle at the time took me to the side and she said:"it's "Charls" not "Charles"- repeat after me"

Level of embarrassment ↗️↗️