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Oliver Twist is a novel written by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial between 1837 and 1839. It is one of Dickens’ most famous works, and its story of hardship, criminality, and the struggle for a better life in …
The Pickwick Papers, also known as The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in serial format between 1836 and 1837, the novel is a sequence of loosely-related adventures centered around the …
Down and Out in Paris and London is George Orwell’s semi-autobiographical account of his experiences living in extreme poverty in Paris and London, first published in 1933. The novel explores the grim realities of destitution and sheds light on the …