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| charles dickens - "oliver twist" |
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"Oliver Twist" was Dickens' second novel, and was first published in monthly
instalments between February 1837 and April 1839 in "Bentley's Miscellany". It was
a great contrast to his first novel, "The Pickwick Papers", and Dickens used it to
target the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act which restructured the Work House
system as a means of providing assistance for the poor. The novel introduced many
famous fictional characters including Oliver himself, Bill Sikes, Nancy and Fagin.
For more information about "Oliver Twist", follow this link.
instalments between February 1837 and April 1839 in "Bentley's Miscellany". It was
a great contrast to his first novel, "The Pickwick Papers", and Dickens used it to
target the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act which restructured the Work House
system as a means of providing assistance for the poor. The novel introduced many
famous fictional characters including Oliver himself, Bill Sikes, Nancy and Fagin.
For more information about "Oliver Twist", follow this link.