Oliver Twist published in 1838，is one Of Charles Dickens’s best—known and most Ioved works．It has been adapted into several fIlms and a long running Broadway musicaI and has been considered a Classlc ever Since it was first published.The book OriginalIy appeared as a seriaI in a magazine called Bentleyr’s Miscellany．of which DiCkens was editor．Each week．readers waited anxiously for the next instaIment in the tale;this expIains why each Chapter ends with a cliffhanger’that would hold the． reader’s attentlon and interest until the folloWing chapter waS published．

Dickens’ epic literary Masterpiece From the agony of Charles Dickens’ disenchantment with the Victorian middle class comes a novel of spellbinding mystery and a profound examination of moral values—this is the story of the orphan Pip’s trials and tribulations among London’s high society circles.

在工业小城焦煤镇，人们被禁锢和奴役着，没有个人自由。所谓的“教育家”格拉德格林倡导一套窒息人性的教育方式，结果反而扼杀了自家儿女的天性。而焦煤镇的巨富庞得贝为维护“自我奋斗成功”的虚假形象，不惜抛弃生母，最终落得一个众叛亲离的下场。

Edited with an Introduction by Philip Horne.

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Nicola Bradbury.