Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dickens, Charles (1812–1870).
Catalogue synopsis
Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:
"Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated by Charles Dickens" by Charles Dickens is a novel originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839. After escaping a brutal workhouse, orphan Oliver Twist flees to London, where he falls into the hands of Fagin and his gang of child pickpockets. As Oliver struggles to break free from the criminal underworld, mysterious figures work to conceal his true parentage. This early social novel exposes the harsh treatment of orphans in Victorian England through a tale of survival, secrets, and the search for belonging.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated
- Author credits: Dickens, Charles (1812–1870)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Fiction
- Criminals -- Fiction
- Kidnapping victims -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
Read this edition
View the complete Gutenberg catalogue record. Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the United States; that designation does not establish its copyright status in every country.
Source notes
Catalogue metadata is public domain and is supplied through Gutendex, which imports Gutenberg's machine-readable catalogue. The automated synopsis is source-supplied, not an independently verified review. Author dates above describe the credited people; no ebook release date is presented as the book's original publication date.
Sources
More in Books & Authors
Keep reading
