Book Club

I read the book "Oliver Twist" in these weeks, I have it in the library at my school. It is a well known book and since I did not read it in Spanish, I decided to do it in English. In my opinion, it was also the best I had on the A1 shelf.

The book is about an orphan boy of nine years called Oliver Twist. He lives in a workhouse until he goes to live with Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry that make him work hard and treat him badly. One day he escapes and goes to London where he has some problems before finding his new family. The writer is Charles Dickens, he was born at february 7th, 1812 and he died at june 9th, 1870. He is a very important writer of the Victorian Age and in his books he highlights the descriptions of people and places. He sometimes used the pseudonym Boz. It was and still is a great literary influential around the world.

At first I thought I would not like it, but I liked it more than all the books I read last year in English. It is easy to understand and the most complicated words are explained at the end of the page in English. The book is entertaining and I recommend to read it.