Oliver Twist
Subtitle: or, The Parish Boy’s Progress
Series: Zeba Books Classics
Publisher: Zeba Books
Published: 13-01-2026
Place of publication: India
Language: eng
Format: Digital
Number of pages: 1169
ISBN-13: 9788199714403
Copyright date: 2026
First sentence: Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events; the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter.
Description: Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphan traversing the harsh world of Victorian England, shedding light on the realities of poverty, criminality, and institutional brutality.

Dickens utilizes Oliver's experiences with workhouses, criminal elements, and incompetent guardians to criticize social injustice and moral pretension. The work, which combines realism and emotional depth, juxtaposes innocence and corruption, revealing how one's environment shapes one's character while also calling for the power of empathy, societal transformation, and human dignity in the face of adversity.

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