2006-12-30 05:40:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens' second novel. It was originally published as a serial.
An early example of the social novel, the book, like most of Dickens' work, calls the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. Dickens mocks the hypocrisies of the time by surrounding the novel's serious themes with sarcasm and dark humour. The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of his hardships as a child laborer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830's.
2006-12-30 05:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by mr.JAW58 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was one of the chars Dickens character. A famous Englishing writer and this book is one of the best seller book even though until now. if u go to yahoo book or goggle and search the name of 5this writer u can find about it
2006-12-30 05:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is simply one of the best books by Charles Dickens
2006-12-30 05:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sakura ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mr.JAW58's explanation is correct but may I add that this novel was also made into a Broadway musical, in the early 1960s, called "Oliver!"
2006-12-30 05:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by bmi=22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An orphan boy who was sold about
2006-12-30 05:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a boy
2006-12-30 05:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by dodi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an orphan that could sing
2006-12-30 05:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by eeyoree rocks2003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt it a boy in a play?
2006-12-30 05:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/olivertwist/
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2006-12-30 05:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by :) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats me!!*
2006-12-30 05:41:42 · answer #10 · answered by Ollie B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋