Penguin Select Classics: Oliver Twist: (Original Unabridged Classic Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition Ideal for Gifting)

“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.