2007-03-07 23:47:52 · 10 answers · asked by Mark Simon B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
No, but Fagin's character was based on the criminal Ikey Solomon, who was a fence at the center of a highly-publicized arrest, escape, recapture, and trial. Some accounts of Solomon also describe him as a London underworld "kidsman". A kidsman was an adult who recruited children and trained them as pickpockets, exchanging food and shelter for goods the children stole.
2007-03-07 23:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dickens took Fagin's name from a man he had known in his youth while working in a boot-blacking factory. Ironically, the two workmates had been friends.
Fagin's character was based on the criminal Ikey Solomon, who was a fence at the center of a highly-publicized arrest, escape, recapture, and trial. Some accounts of Solomon also describe him as a London underworld "kidsman". A kidsman was an adult who recruited children and trained them as pickpockets, exchanging food and shelter for goods the children stole
No Christian name was given to him by Dickens.
2007-03-07 23:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by leedsmikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Fagin was Jewish, then it is hardly likely that he would have a Christian name !. Therefore, Fagin did not have a Christian name but may have had a Jewish name. Unfortunately, Mr Dickens never mentioned it in his book.
2007-03-08 00:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by East Ender 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was never mentioned in Oliver Twist. He probably did when he was a child but it's all part of the mystery about him. We don't know how old he is , where he came from or what his family called him.
2007-03-08 05:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might also like to know that Fagin is an anagram of the Yiddish word ganif which means thief
2007-03-08 01:26:16 · answer #5 · answered by ************* 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Nice to see that there is still a Jewish community in the East End.
How old are you?
The nomenclature 'Christian name' has long gone. We now talk about 'first names', 'given names', and 'fore-names'
2007-03-08 23:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE may well have had a hebrew name , inverted play on the question.
2007-03-08 00:07:06 · answer #7 · answered by katrinasfather 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Andre?
2007-03-08 00:43:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've READ this book, MANY times, - and, the answer, to your question, is that, - whilst it IS possible, that he DID, - it is NEVER mentioned, ANYWHERE!
2007-03-07 23:54:31 · answer #9 · answered by Spike 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Am pretty sure that he did, but it is not mentioned.
2007-03-08 01:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by Bubbles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋