World Literary Masterpiece-Oliver Twist

This is a long realistic novel published by the British writer Dickens in 1838. This work is set in the foggy city of London and tells the tragic life and experiences of an orphan. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, struggled to escape, strayed into a den of thieves, and was forced to associate with vicious people. He went through countless hardships. With the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness. It exposed many social problems at the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs absorbing young people into crime. It has been adapted into films, television and stage plays many times. The work describes the struggle between good and evil, beauty and ugliness, justice and evil, praises the integrity and kindness in people's nature, and also exposes and criticizes the hypocrisy of British charities and the tyranny of the security police at that time. At the same time, the work has a strong romantic sentiment and is full of humanitarian feelings.