Oliver Twist. One night after being served his portion of gruel Oliver asks for a second helping. In Charles Dickenss novel Oliver Twist the title character is a nine-year-old boy who lives in a workhouse.
Oliver is born in a workhouse to a mother not known to anyone in the town. 43 out of 5 stars 47. Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in a badly run home for young orphans and then is transferred to a workhouse for adults.
This is the second novel by Charles Dickens This is the story of an orphan Oliver Twist who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker.
He and the other children at the workhouse are given very little to eat. Oliver Twist was also influential in bringing to light the cruel treatment of paupers and orphans in Dickens time. He and the other children at the workhouse are given very little to eat. The farm is located roughly 70 miles outside London.