Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens is a novel published serially from 1837 to 1839. The story follows a young orphan who escapes a brutal workhouse and flees to London, where he falls into the hands of Fagin, a criminal mastermind who trains children as pickpockets. As Oliver navigates the dangerous underworld of thieves and discovers mysterious connections to his past, dark secrets threaten to keep him trapped in a life of crime. This pioneering social novel exposes the harsh realities of child labor and orphan treatment in 19th-century England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Title Oliver Twist
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Orphans -- Fiction
Subject London (England) -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Boys -- Fiction
Subject Criminals -- Fiction
Subject Kidnapping victims -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 16023
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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