Title: Dickens pales in comparison.
Product review: This novel paints a very grim picture of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the common working family. O'Brien's nautical series described the hundreds of boys who went to sea to meet basic needs such as eating and a place to sleep. They died often in his works. Sexual harassment is alluded to but not often. Dickens is noted for his bleak portrayal of the lower classes, but the plight of the poor in this novel are even more extreme. I think that what I appreciated the most was the how callus a life could be snuffed out. It is a sad commentary on those times. But then today, we have all the horror stories from around the world of child soldiers, child sex workers, war refugees in the hundreds of thousands. So perhaps we haven't come very far.Mr. B
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