Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (commonly known as Oliver Twist) (1838) is Charles Dickens' second novel. It is about a boy named Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse and meets a gang of pickpockets in London. The novel is one of Dickens's most well-known works, and has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations. Oliver Twist is the first novel in the English language to centre throughout on a child protagonist... more

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  • 1839

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/) (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short...

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