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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Dickens, Oliver Twist. CUL-DAR195.3.56. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR195 contains materials for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions (1872) organised roughly as: DAR195.1 blushing. DAR195.2 astonishment, fear. DAR195.3 indignation, rage, screaming, etc. DAR195.4 laughter, frowning, introduction.

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(Read this book for admirable descriptions of expression)

Oliver Twist vol III p. 245

"I can see the people jumping up one behind another, & snarling with their teeth, & making at him, like wild beasts when the murderer Fagin was taken.─

Previously. B. Sikes dog is described as running away when Sikes was going to drown him.─ must have recognized expression.─

The truth of the description shows that dogs do know expression.─

[Expression, p. 243: "Dickens,10 in speaking of an atrocious murderer who had just been caught, and was surrounded by a furious mob, describes "the people as jumping up one behind another, snarling with their teeth, and making at him like wild beasts.""]

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