Virtual Book Group « Brent Libraries. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Click on a book cover to join in!
April 2012 – Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens In tracing the parish boy’s progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence. Guernica, by Dave Boling. Bex-Read.