Book List

In preparation for a mini book club project that I will be participating in for my digital civilization class, I have created the following list of books that I would be interested in reading:

 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist who escapes from a workhouse and travels to London where he meets the leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets.  This book will help to understand more about the hardships that children went through during the Industrial Revolution. 

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period.  I want to read it because I've heard it's really good and it's set in London and Paris before and after the French Revolution. 


Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life (and attempting to become a gentleman along the way). The novel can also be considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people.  I think it would be interesting to learn more about what it must have been like for children to grow up during the Industrial Revolution