Oliver twist, Dickens's critique of the harsh poor law of 1834 and a grim picture of the sordid reality The London underworld of Dickens's times, shows Dickens's deep concern for the underprivileged.The only token of identity left by his dying mother to Oliver twist – born in the workhouse and orphaned at birth – is stolen. Spending his early childhood in neglect and near starvation Oliver joins the workhouse at nine and has early taste of humiliation, injustice, torture and hunger, as he switches jobs and places from undertaker's boy to Trainee pickpocket until he finds shelter, as a wounded child burglar, with Mrs maylie and her protegee, rose, by whom he is kindly treated and brought up. But can he escape Fagin, the brutal gang leader of a gang of thieves? Can he discover his parentage? When and how shall the long spell of Oliver's hardship and unhappiness come to an end?

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was born at Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, the second of eight children. His father, who was a government clerk, was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was sent to work at the age of twelve. His experiences of this period haunted him until the end of his life and inspired much of his fiction, notably the early chapters of David Copperfield. Mastering shorthand, he became reporter of debates in the commons for the Morning Chronicle. He started publishing sketches in various periodicals, which were subsequently republished as Sketches of Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People (1836-37). The Pickwic Papers were published in 1836-37. After a slow start, he earned immense popularity and embarked on a promising future. One of the secrets of his success was the method of cheap serial publication which he used for all his novels.

• Publisher: Peacock Books
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• Publication Date: February 28, 2023
• Pages: 472
• ISBN13: 9788124800034
• Item Weight: 320 grams
• Original Price: 325.0 INR
• Edition: N/A
• Binding: Paperback