Just finished the classic Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and I am proud to say that although I have discovered Dickens later in life, I am really enjoying his works.
Oliver Twist is born into poverty and raised in an orphanage, where he famously asks for more gruel and is quickly moved out of the orphanage and into the home of a coffin maker as an apprentice. The other children apprenticed to the coffin maker make Oliver's life a nightmare, and he decides to run away to London. Once there, he meets the Artful Dodger who introduces Oliver to a man named Fagin, and a life of pick pocketing.
This is a story of redemption as with most Dickens stories, things always work out in the end. I rooted for Oliver the whole way though and was glad to see how it worked out. It was a good ending for him, but a pretty depressing end for the rest of the characters.
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