Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens is a novel published serially from 1837 to 1839. The story follows an orphan who escapes from a workhouse to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin. As Oliver navigates the dangerous underworld, mysterious forces work to keep him from discovering the secrets of his parentage. This social novel exposes the cruel treatment of orphans and the sordid lives of criminals in mid-19th century England, satirizing child labor and the exploitation of street children. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Contributor Gaulke, Johannes, 1869-
Title Oliver Twist
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist
Credits Produced by Heike Leichsenring, Peter Becker and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language German
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. 56586
Release Date
Last Update Jun 25, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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