Oliver Twist - a surprise good read
I am currently reading this classic by Charles Dickens. I was afraid before I picked the book up that it would be a slow read with hard to understand Victorian English. To my complete and utter surprise, it is a fascinating read! While I wouldn't say that it's a page turner, it is so well written that I am actually enjoying reading it.
Some months back I read "The old man and the sea", a Nobel prize winning story by Ernest Hemingway. While that was a book that genuinely tugged at your heart strings, it was a difficult read for me. I struggled to finish it because in spite of the courage displayed by the central character, I could guess where the story was going. It was predictable and at the same time, so slow.
Not Oliver Twist. I am enjoying the way this story is going and love the narrative. It is fast yet paints a complete picture. It may end up being a simple story, but it would be a story well told.
No wonder it is a classic.