Oliver Twist /
Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.
Tillotson, Kathleen,1906-2001.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2008.
In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxii).
In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.
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