![]() ![]() ![]() The book's subtitle, The Parish Boy's Progress, alludes to Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and also to a pair of popular 18th-century caricature series by William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress and A Harlot's Progress. The book exposed the cruel treatment of the large number of orphans in London during the Dickensian era. Oliver Twist is notable for Dickens' unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. 2 - April 2017 Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. Complete and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience Ed. Table of contents to every chapters in the book. Illustrated with the original Illustrations by GEORGE CRUISHANK and other illustrations. ![]()
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