Publisher's Synopsis
Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Oliver Twist is one of the most famous novels Charles Dickens ever wrote (which is impressive, given that he wrote fifteen super-popular novels during his life). It's a classic rags-to-riches story about an orphan who has to find his way through a city full of criminals, and avoid being corrupted. People read Oliver Twist in Dickens's day-and are still reading it now-for the gritty realism with which Dickens portrays working class people and the horrible living conditions of the London slums.
