Oliver Twist
About this ebook
After escaping from a cruel orphanage, Oliver Twist finds himself tangled up with London's pickpocket group. Under the manipulative influence of its cunning leader, Fagin, he is forced to confront the harsh realities of crime and survival. Rescued by the compassionate Mr Brownlow after a failed attempt at crime, Oliver is drawn into a series of events that gradually uncover the truth of his birth and identity.
With the artfully created characters of innocent Oliver, sinister Fagin, kind Nancy and many others, Oliver Twist offers a powerful critique of industrial-era London while remaining a timeless story of innocence confronted by corruption.
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About the author
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced 'Oliver Twist', the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870 he was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.
