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Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. [1]
Sep 13, 2024 · Oliver Twist, published serially from 1837 to 1839, follows the titular character Oliver, a poor orphan, as he is faced with a number of unfortunate events, all of which are a result of his poverty. Charles Dickens used this novel as a means of social criticism after the adoption of the Poor Law of 1834.
Oliver Twist is the title character and protagonist of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. [1] He was the first child protagonist in an English novel. [2]
- Oliver Twist. The novel’s protagonist. Oliver is an orphan born in a workhouse, and Dickens uses his situation to criticize public policy toward the poor in 1830 s England.
- Fagin. A conniving career criminal. Fagin takes in homeless children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a buyer of other people’s stolen goods.
- Nancy. A young prostitute and one of Fagin’s former child pickpockets. Nancy is also Bill Sikes’s lover. Her love for Sikes and her sense of moral decency come into conflict when Sikes abuses Oliver.
- Rose Maylie. Agnes Fleming’s sister, raised by Mrs. Maylie after the death of Rose’s father. A beautiful, compassionate, and forgiving young woman, Rose is the novel’s model of female virtue.
A short summary of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Oliver Twist.
- Charles Dickens
- 1837
Sep 28, 2021 · Oliver Twist was the second novel by Charles Dickens. It was initially published in monthly installments that began in February of 1837 and ended in April of 1839. The publication of Oliver Twist began before the monthly publication of The Pickwick Papers ended. The two novels overlapped for nine months.
As the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest, Oliver Twist is meant to appeal more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities. On many levels, Oliver is not a believable character, because although he is raised in corrupt surroundings, his purity and virtue are absolute.
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