Oliver Twist (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493702411)

Oliver Twist was born into a life of poverty and misfortune in a workhouse in an unnamed town. Orphaned almost from his first breath by his mother's death in childbirth and his father's unexplained absence, Oliver is meagerly provided for under the terms of the Poor Law, and spends the first nine years of his life at a baby farm in the 'care' of a woman named Mrs. Mann. Oliver is brought up with little food and few comforts. Around the time of Oliver's ninth birthday, Mr. Bumble, a parish beadle, removes Oliver from the baby farm and puts him to work picking oakum at the main workhouse. Oliver, who toils with very little food, remains in the workhouse for six months. One day, the desperately hungry boys decide to draw lots; the loser must ask for another portion of gruel. The task falls to Oliver, who at the next meal tremblingly comes up forward, bowl in hand, and makes his famous request: "Please, sir, I want some more"...

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 1493702416
ISBN-13: 9781493702411
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2013
Pages: 502
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d