Comments for Turtle Reader » Oliver Twist http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 173 of 173 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-173-of-173/#comment-912 ScottS-M Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:55:53 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-173-of-173/#comment-912 Another nice Dickens story and wrapup. Also, this book seemed like it had the moral messages a bit more spelled out than the other books of Dickens. I guess he got subtler as he went on. Another nice Dickens story and wrapup.

Also, this book seemed like it had the moral messages a bit more spelled out than the other books of Dickens. I guess he got subtler as he went on.

]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 150 of 173 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-150-of-173/#comment-910 ScottS-M Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-150-of-173/#comment-910 Geez I had figured she'd get away in the end. Geez I had figured she’d get away in the end.

]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 133 of 173 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-133-of-173/#comment-903 ScottS-M Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:23:04 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-133-of-173/#comment-903 Man I'm horrible at names. But after a search, it looks like Claypole is the "charity boy" from the funeral home at the start. Man I’m horrible at names. But after a search, it looks like Claypole is the “charity boy” from the funeral home at the start.

]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 115 of 173 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-115-of-173/#comment-838 TurtleReader Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:19:14 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-115-of-173/#comment-838 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/puling" rel="nofollow">puling</a></dt><dd>To whine; whimper</dd><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/murrain" rel="nofollow">murrain </a></dt><dd><i>Obsolete</i> A pestilence or dire disease.</dd></dl>
puling
To whine; whimper
murrain
Obsolete A pestilence or dire disease.
]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 103 of 173 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-103-of-173/#comment-820 TurtleReader Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:53:49 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-103-of-173/#comment-820 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nosegay" rel="nofollow">nosegay</a></dt><dd>A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet</dd></dl>
nosegay
A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet
]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 43 of 173 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-43-of-173/#comment-763 ScottS-M Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-43-of-173/#comment-763 <blockquote>The gas-lamps were lighted; Mrs. Bedwin was waiting anxiously at the open door; the servant had run up the street twenty times to see if there were any traces of Oliver; and still the two old gentlemen sat, perseveringly, in the dark parlour, with the watch between them.</blockquote> Geez that's pretty sad.

The gas-lamps were lighted; Mrs. Bedwin was waiting anxiously at the open door; the servant had run up the street twenty times to see if there were any traces of Oliver; and still the two old gentlemen sat, perseveringly, in the dark parlour, with the watch between them.

Geez that’s pretty sad.

]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 22 of 173 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-22-of-173/#comment-698 TurtleReader Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:57:03 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-22-of-173/#comment-698 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bluchers" rel="nofollow">bluchers</a></dt><dd>A high shoe or half boot</dd></dl>
bluchers
A high shoe or half boot
]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 16 of 173 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-16-of-173/#comment-697 ScottS-M Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:30:08 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-16-of-173/#comment-697 I guess this isn't going to end well. I guess this isn’t going to end well.

]]> Comment on Oliver Twist - Day 1 of 173 by New Books: Two Classics, Two Recent at Turtle Reader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/charles-dickens/oliver-twist-day-1-of-173/#comment-660 New Books: Two Classics, Two Recent at Turtle Reader Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:44:18 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/oliver-twist-day-1-of-173/#comment-660 [...] Dicken’s Oliver Twist. I just finished David Copperfield (a good [long] read) and felt like some more [...] [...] Dicken’s Oliver Twist. I just finished David Copperfield (a good [long] read) and felt like some more [...]

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