This presentation is about the contemporary time of the novel oliver twist. in this book writer show some reality about the contemporary time so that novel reflect the contemporary issues in the victorian society. so i try to make presentation on the novel issues how to reflect in the contemporary period that we can see in this presentation.

1.  Name : Amit s. Makvana
 Roll no : 01
 Enrollement no : 2069108420200022
 Paper name : The victorian literature
 Topic:Reflection of victorian society with the
reference of oliver twist
 M.A sem – 2
 Batch : 2019-21
 EMAIL ID : a.Makwana10998@gmail.Com
 SUBMITTED TO : S.B. Gardi department of English
MKBU
Paper no – 6

2.  Time period 1837 to 1901
 Victoria became queen
 Came after romantic period
 Era of material prosperity and
political peace.
 Victorian period is known as
modern period of progress
and unrest
 victorian period literature
divided in two parts
 1. High victorian literature
 2. Late victorian literature
Victorian period

3.  Born 7 february 1812
 Died 9 june 1870
 Full name charles john huffam
dickens
 english writer, famous novelist and
social critic
 his works satire on contemporary
time
 politics and socialism reflected in his
writings
 wrote children literature
 his works adopted in cinema and
televison .
 His works attack on social injustice
and hypocrisy
 in his all books main theme is
poverty .
Charles dickens introduction

4. Famous works of charles dickens

5. Child labour
Poor and orphan
children
Physically ,
mentally ,
morally
Illiteracy,
poverty
Diseased
and
crippled
children
Industrial
Child labour
Dickens as a socialist

6. Dark sides of
the novel
Isolation of the
young hero
Laughter is used
as a devise
Dickens’s dream
of ‘ideal’society
Virtue in
dehumanised
society
Novel reflects
many social
issues .
Portrayed
criminal world
A symbol for
innocent but
helpless victims
Oliver twist
Novel

7. Dark
side of
novel
Industrialization
Child labour
Oliver twist to
fagin
The
workhouse
Class
division

8. Poverty
Society
Class
Criminality
Identity
CrisisIndustrial cruelty
Powerlessness of women
Mob mentality
The limits of justice
City vs contry side
Social issues
of victorian
society in
referance of
oliver twist

9. Reflection of the victorian age in “oliver twist”
Birth of social reform Scientific development
Social refletions in novel
Industrial revolution Domestic life and social life

10. Growth of population in victorian period

11. Literary
reflection
in novel
Based on moral
rather then romance
Reality show in the
book
Moral writing
The uniqueness of
individuality

12. Issues in
victorian
society
Conflict between
rich and poor
Compromises
between science
and religion
Conflict between
good and evil
Darker aspect of
mankind
Greedy and money
minded people
Social unrest
Orphan houses
Work houses
Prostitution

13. Industrialization in victorian era

14. Child labour
Suffering of innocent children in victorian england
oliver just example of it. Sir i want some more

15.  Oliver twist’s mother
dies after the death of
her child in a
workhouse.
 The infant’s father is
unknown , and the
orphans placed in
private juvenile home .
 after nine years of
maltreatment , the boy
is returned to the work
house .
Workhouse in oliver twist

16. Powerlessness of women
We can say in
victorian period
women were
powerlessness in
reference of the
oliver twist .
This is example of nancy in oliver
twist that who ends up giving her
life in her attempt to act against
the men who hold power over
her.When nancy is put in charge of
talking oliver to sikes, she tells him
that she would help him if she
could , but she doesn’t have the
power.

17. Society and class poverty
Society and class is one of
the central issue of most of
dickens’s novels. In oliver
twist dickens’s often show
superficial class structure ,
and theme of poverty is
obviously related to theme of
society and class, it is
showing social class system .
We see the class division in the
novel like upper class and working
class people in novel character of
fagin and character of
mr.Brownlow.

18. REFERANCE
 HISTORY.COM EDITORS. “Victorian Era Timeline.”
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-
timeline 15 march 2019.
 lohnes, kate. “oliver twist.” encyclopedia britannica (july
30,2018).
 griffin, emma. “child labour.” british library (15, may 2014).
 Cullina, Alice. Chazelle, Damien ed. "Oliver Twist Characters".
GradeSaver, 31 December 2008 Web. 25 February 2020.
 Baker, Christopher. “The Industrial Revolution in Victorian
England.” hartfordstage (n.d.): 1.
 collins, philip. “charles dickens .” encyclopedia britannica (2020).

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