[Year of first publication] 1838 [Character(s)] Fagin [Work] Oliver Twist [Creator] Charles Dickens [Country of publication] England [Details] Dickens' anti-Semitic introduction the character of Fagin notes his ugliness, wild red hair, and holding a toasting fork over a fire, all characteristics of the Christian Devil.[31] Later editions of the novel have frequently been altered to use Fagin's name in place of Dickens' frequently used descriptor "the Jew".[31] [Media] 
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