By Samuel Potter, ?/07
This is the story of a young pauper by the name of Oliver Twist. Oliver’s mother dies when he is an infant and he is brought up in the poor house. One day the ill-treated Oliver decides to run away to London in search of a better life. While in London he falls in with a desperate gang of criminals who are bent on poisoning his heart with hatred. Also, Oliver’s true identity remains a mystery to which only one man knows the secret. Happiness is brought to the heart of young Oliver though, when he becomes friends with some very kind people. But will his happiness last? Will the criminals succeed in with their wicked devices? Will the secret of Oliver’s identity be brought to light?
This novel is probably one of Dickens’s most famous and most popular. Filled with mystery, suspense, horror, and happiness, it exposes the villainy, vice, and subterfuge which was carried on among London’s criminal population in the mid-19th century.
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