Teaching Oliver Twist: Looking at Film Developing Characters Oliver Twist, excerpted from Chapter 13 Introduction of Sikes The man who growled out these words, was a stoutly-built fellow of about five-and-thirty, in a black velveteen coat, very soiled drab breeches, lace-up half boots, and grey cotton stockings, which inclosed a very bulky pair of legs, with large swelling calves; -- the kind of legs, that in such costume, always look in an unfinished and incomplete state without a set of fetters to garnish them. He had a brown hat on his head, and a dirty belcher handkerchief round his neck: with the long frayed ends of which, he smeared the beer from his face as he spoke; disclosing, when he had done so, a broad heavy countenance with a beard of three days' growth: and two scowling eyes; one of which, displayed various parti-coloured symptoms of having been recently damaged by a blow. Return to Teaching Oliver Twist: Looking at Film Teacher's Guide: Using the Web Site | Teaching Oliver Twist | Serial Publication Other Web-based Resources | Printed Teacher's Guide | eNewsletter Sign-up Essays + Interviews | Who's Who | Oliver's London | A Dickens Timeline Teacher's Guide | Novel to Film | A Victorian Twister | The Forum Links and Bibliography Home | About The Series | The American Collection | The Archive Schedule & Season | Feature Library | eNewsletter | Book Club Learning Resources | Forum | Search | Shop | Feedback ©