Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress is Charles Dickens's second novel, and was first published as a serial 1837-39.

The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker.
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius.

His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
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