The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Parish Boy's Progress
This classic novel follows the life of a young orphan named Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin. Despite numerous adversities, Oliver remains pure at heart and is eventually saved from a life of crime, revealing his true identity and claiming his rightful inheritance.
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- Published
- 1837
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 300-500
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Oliver Tvistin Macəraları
- Oliver Twist
- The Parish Boy's Progress
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This book is on the following 22 lists:
- 13th on Top 25 Pre-20th Century Classics (The Guardian)
- 20th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 51st on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 100th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 168th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 182nd on The Big Read (BBC)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best Novels in the World (Published in 1899) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Cape Coral Public Library's Must-Read Books for the Summer (News Press)
- Donna Tartt's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- F. B. Perkins' List of 100 Best Fiction (LibraryThing (from The Book Lover by James Baldwin (1910)))
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Recommended Books (Academy of Achievement)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Well-Educated Mind (Book)
- ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)