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Loading... Dear Mr. Dickensby Nancy Churnin
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  AnnesLibrary | Jan 28, 2024 |    ) msgabbythelibrarian | Jun 11, 2023 |  ) STBA | Feb 4, 2023 | Eliza Davis wrote Charles Dickens to protest his depiction of a bad man as a Jew. Dickens went on to write another book featuring a kindly, good Jew. ( ) melodyreads | Jan 28, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
"In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too common at the time: prejudice against Jewish people. Eliza was Jewish, and her heart hurt to see a Jewish character in Oliver Twist portrayed as ugly and selfish. She wanted to speak out about how unfair that was, even if it meant speaking out against the great man himself. So she wrote a letter to Charles Dickens. What happened next is history"-- No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (4.56)
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I enjoyed this nonfiction picture describing the correspondence between Eliza Davis and Charles Dickens. Although children may not recognize the names, they can understand the interaction between the two and the power of the pen. The author uses straightforward language to convey Eliza's frustration and hurt in seeing how Dicken's portrays the Jewish characters in his work.