Hi Guys ,
Well this was a pleasant surprise to receive from Steve (aka 1969 on PF) , who is the brains behind Reedees Miniatures (the last release I reviewed was the WW1 Bavarian
) ......
It should perhaps be retitled "Gotta pick a pocket or two" as it depicts one of the main characters in Charles Dicken's famous novel Oliver Twist ..who is it well of course its the one and only Mr Fagin .
Fagin appears as an antagonist , referred to in the preface of the novel as a "receiver of stolen goods", but referred to more frequently within the actual story as the "merry old gentleman" or simply the "Jew".
Born in London, Fagin is described as "disgusting" to look at. He is the leader of a group of children, including the Artful Dodger , who he teaches to make a livings by pickpocketing and other criminal activities in exchange for a roof over their heads.
A distinguishing trait is his constant—and thoroughly insincere—use of the phrase "my dear" when addressing others. At the time of the novel, he is said to have already made criminals out of "scores" of children who grow up to live—or die—committing the same crimes as adults. .
Whilst portrayed as relatively humorous, he is nonetheless a self-confessed miser who, despite the amount he has acquired over the years from the work of others, does very little to improve the squalid lives of the children he takes in, allowing them to smoke pipes and drink gin "with the air of middle-aged men". In the second chapter of his appearance, it is shown, albeit when talking to himself, that he cares less about those children who are eventually hanged for their crimes and more about the fact that they do not "peach" on him and the other children. beating
Near the end of the book, Fagin is hanged following capture, in a chapter that portrays him as being pitiful in his anguish, waiting for the moment he will be led to the scaffold which is being prepared outside and becoming so mad not one guard wants to wait with him, meaning there are two there.
The character has been played by many on the stage and in films , among these include Sir Alec Guiness , Sir Ben Kingsley , Rowan Atkinson and Ron Moody , the character has been depicted in comic books also .
He epitomises all that is bad in the Victorian underworld and streetlife , living off the misfortunes of others and using them to his own means ............what a fascinating character he is .
Continued in next post:
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Well this was a pleasant surprise to receive from Steve (aka 1969 on PF) , who is the brains behind Reedees Miniatures (the last release I reviewed was the WW1 Bavarian
) ......It should perhaps be retitled "Gotta pick a pocket or two" as it depicts one of the main characters in Charles Dicken's famous novel Oliver Twist ..who is it well of course its the one and only Mr Fagin .
Fagin appears as an antagonist , referred to in the preface of the novel as a "receiver of stolen goods", but referred to more frequently within the actual story as the "merry old gentleman" or simply the "Jew".
Born in London, Fagin is described as "disgusting" to look at. He is the leader of a group of children, including the Artful Dodger , who he teaches to make a livings by pickpocketing and other criminal activities in exchange for a roof over their heads.
A distinguishing trait is his constant—and thoroughly insincere—use of the phrase "my dear" when addressing others. At the time of the novel, he is said to have already made criminals out of "scores" of children who grow up to live—or die—committing the same crimes as adults. .
Whilst portrayed as relatively humorous, he is nonetheless a self-confessed miser who, despite the amount he has acquired over the years from the work of others, does very little to improve the squalid lives of the children he takes in, allowing them to smoke pipes and drink gin "with the air of middle-aged men". In the second chapter of his appearance, it is shown, albeit when talking to himself, that he cares less about those children who are eventually hanged for their crimes and more about the fact that they do not "peach" on him and the other children. beating
Near the end of the book, Fagin is hanged following capture, in a chapter that portrays him as being pitiful in his anguish, waiting for the moment he will be led to the scaffold which is being prepared outside and becoming so mad not one guard wants to wait with him, meaning there are two there.
The character has been played by many on the stage and in films , among these include Sir Alec Guiness , Sir Ben Kingsley , Rowan Atkinson and Ron Moody , the character has been depicted in comic books also .
He epitomises all that is bad in the Victorian underworld and streetlife , living off the misfortunes of others and using them to his own means ............what a fascinating character he is .
Continued in next post:
Nap
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