Dickens' Description of Fagin in "Oliver Twist"

“As he glided stealthily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls and doorways, the hideous old man seemed like some loathsome reptile, engendered in the slime and darkness through which he moved: crawling forth, by night, in search of some rich offal for a meal."

Our 8-member literary group read Oliver Twist during the month of April and discussed it on Friday night, April 22, 2005.

...one more memorable quote:

“But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble’s soul; his heart was waterproof."