Oliver Twist (Hb) (Select Classics)

“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.”

A cruel act of fate is disappointing a young heart which has the softest hopes from life. Born impoverished and orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist begins his life in a workhouse an apprentice. He flees to London fed up with the constant beatings by his mentor.

He arrives in London with high hopes for a better life but is met with a series of rude shocks. What happens when he meets Jack Dawkins, goes to work with him only to be taken to the police when mistaken for a thief?

Oliver Twist is a sarcastic, intelligent, witty novel with incredible twists and turns.

The story the strives to overcome the miserable conditions for the lower class, searches for an identity, and a sense of belonging.