Oliver Twist (Collins Classics)

Charles Dickens

Jun 2010 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

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Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian Society features some of his most memorable and enduring characters, including innocent Oliver himself, the Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes and Nancy.

Ratings and reviews

Dickens does a great job of slow suspense, of drawing the reader along with mysteries and unanswered questions. Furthermore, I enjoyed the characters in this novel despite their larger-than-life, melodramatic presences. In the end, Dickens got me to care about Oliver Twist, a good, kind, innocent person, and Dickens compelled me to read to make sure Oliver ended up okay. It was a refreshing change from the current popularity of the anti-hero in contemporary fiction.

I read this in class and then got it on phone

Praise towards a child

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.