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Oliver Twist
The orphaned Oliver Twist falls in with thieves and pickpockets in Charles Dickens' novel of adventure, escapades, and some of the most beloved characters in literature. Full color illustrations.
64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1997
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January 16, 2016
The story takes place at least a hundred years ago in a London where there is a very sharp contrast between the wealthy and everyone else. There's a woman that is the 'guardian of the parish children' who embezzles money meant for their care. When he's nine he's taken to a workhouse to learn a trade. In both places he is nearly starved along with other children.
He runs away and heads towards London. A crook finds him and takes him there to someone else to be brought up a crook. From them on he is mistreated by the crooks, goes through a series of different places he's living and eventually finds out he's not so poor after all.
This is a good example of just how bad crime was at that time in London, and how the criminals were much like today's, willing to kill to get whatever they wanted and willing to cheat others out of what is rightfully theirs.
Charles Dickens (text): Factual Material.
He runs away and heads towards London. A crook finds him and takes him there to someone else to be brought up a crook. From them on he is mistreated by the crooks, goes through a series of different places he's living and eventually finds out he's not so poor after all.
This is a good example of just how bad crime was at that time in London, and how the criminals were much like today's, willing to kill to get whatever they wanted and willing to cheat others out of what is rightfully theirs.
Charles Dickens (text): Factual Material.
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