Alec Guinness as Fagin, in the 1948 film version of Oliver Twist.
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| By: Jerusalem Post |
| Published: December 27, 2004 |
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Charles Dickens may have amended his classic Oliver Twist in response to a complaint that his depiction of Fagin, the book's villain, was anti-Semitic, the BBC has reported.
It is believed that Dickens altered the final chapter of the book after receiving a letter in 1863 from Eliza Davies, wife of a Jewish banker, complaining of the "vile prejudice against the despised Hebrew." |
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Dickens may have made 'Fagin' less anti-Semitic
- (The Jerusalem Post)
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