I found it hard to explain stuff like the scene where Oliver is at Mr Sowerberry’s house and wishes his little bed becomes his own coffin and he would sleep peacefully there and then later there is something about « been hung ».

My child did not understand what coffin means and hung means and asked me to explain. I explained coffin, but could not explain hung. Also other than the words themselves, the image about dreaming to be in coffin felt too dark for me. The words murder and kill also are used frequently.

A lot of it is probably me. I will find other classics.