TY - BOOK AU - Dickens,Charles TI - Oliver Twist AV - PR PY - 1996/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Orphans -- Fiction KW - London (England) -- Fiction KW - Bildungsromans KW - Boys -- Fiction KW - Criminals -- Fiction KW - Kidnapping victims -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist; There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #46675; Release date is 1996-11-01; Peggy Gaugy and Leigh Little. HTML version by Al Haines Updated: 2023-01-27; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens is a novel originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839. The story follows orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes a workhouse and finds himself in London among a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin. As Oliver navigates this dangerous underworld, mysteries surrounding his parentage begin to surface. Dickens exposes the cruel treatment of orphans and the sordid lives of criminals in mid-19th century England, creating an early social novel that satirizes child labor and exploitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/730 ER -