Project Gutenberg 2014-08-24 Public domain in the USA. 517 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Cruikshank, George 1792 1878 Cruickshank, George Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist David Widger "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress" by Charles Dickens is a novel written in the early 19th century. This work follows the life of Oliver Twist, an orphan born in a workhouse, as he navigates the harsh realities of poverty and abuse in Victorian England. The narrative explores themes of social injustice, the struggle for survival, and the innate goodness of humanity amidst cruelty. The opening of the novel establishes Oliver's tragic beginnings, detailing his birth and the brutal conditions of the workhouse. Oliver's early life is marked by neglect and hardship, culminating in his introduction to the orphanage's harsh system, where he and other children are severely mistreated and starved. After enduring this bleak existence, the young boy reaches a breaking point when he bravely asks for more food, setting off a series of events that will lead him to various misadventures and struggles for a better life. The oppressive environment and Oliver's resilience are vividly portrayed, drawing readers into his plight from the very start. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/olivertwist00dickrich/page/n29/mode/2up Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Orphans -- Fiction London (England) -- Fiction Bildungsromans Boys -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction Kidnapping victims -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 1135230 2025-07-20T13:00:15.654952 text/html 1157158 2025-07-20T11:14:42 text/html 12339208 2025-07-20T13:00:42.411817 application/epub+zip 12345826 2025-07-20T13:00:26.518893 application/epub+zip 473876 2025-07-20T13:00:20.450919 application/epub+zip 12793073 2025-07-20T13:00:55.458729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12715697 2025-07-20T13:00:40.046806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801687 2022-09-21T08:22:18.074918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 956073 2025-07-20T13:00:11.659952 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 916902 2025-07-20T11:14:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19201 2025-07-20T13:00:55.640707 application/rdf+xml 21584 2025-07-20T13:00:24.889888 image/jpeg 4668 2025-07-20T13:00:24.622895 image/jpeg 12139334 2025-07-20T13:00:15.907951 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia