Oliver Twist

First published in 1837, Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist is a searing social novel that exposes the harsh realities of poverty, crime, and child labor in nineteenth-century London. The story follows young orphan Oliver, who escapes the workhouse only to fall in with a band of pickpockets led by the sinister Fagin. As Oliver struggles to survive in a world of cruelty and corruption, his resilience and innate goodness lead him toward the possibility of rescue and redemption.



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