Oliver Twist: The Parish Boy's Progress - With Appreciations and Criticisms By G. K. Chesterton

Charles Dickens's second novel, "Oliver Twist" was first published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and centres around the story of orphan Oliver Twist, who was born in a workhouse and sold as an apprentice to an undertaker. When he manages to escape, Oliver travels to London where he encounters the "Artful Dodger" and his gang of pickpockets. A gritty representation of the London underworld, "Oliver" famously exposed the hardships of the poor, especially the terrible treatment of orphans in t...