@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013097, author = {SODEYAMA, Eishin}, journal = {信州大学工学部紀要}, month = {Dec}, note = {Oliver Twist, with its developments very often dependent on coincidences, and with its hero who is `inert,' should be classified among travel stories, and in view of the author's words that it is intended to illustrate the principle that the good survive through every adverse circumstance, it may well be taken as a moral fable type travel story. To be successful as a moral fable, it is necessary that either the author's philosophy is profound enough to bear deep probing, or in the act of illustration his creations should be so filled with a sense of reality that the story transcend the idea which evoked it. The aim of the present paper is to explain the nature of Dickens' philosophy as well as his mastery in illustrating it, in the course of both of them it will be found whether it is successful or not., Article, 信州大学工学部紀要 19: 11-26 (1965)}, pages = {11--26}, title = {A Study on Dickens' Art and Philosophy delivered in 'Oliver Twist'}, volume = {19}, year = {1965} }