Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Overview

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014078047
Publisher:	Philtre Libre
Publication date:	01/31/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	369 KB

About the Author

Author of such classics as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington