Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1867, Signet Classics CT512)
Wikipedia says- The story centers on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.
aka the Male Cinderella.
Dickens description of London is so dismal, one wonders how people could live there.
I liked this book. Intend to read more Dickens.
Purchased-- was given to me as a Christmas present in the 1960s.
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