About the book: 1957 / The English writer Charles Dickens is understandable and dear to readers of all generations and nationalities. And this is not surprising, because he wrote about what is well known to everyone: about good and evil, about family values, about the punishment of vices and the reward of virtue. Dickens's brilliant imagination gave him the opportunity to experience many lives for his heroes. One of them, Oliver Twist, had a difficult fate, but this crafty, touching and pure-hearted boy, having gone through Fagin’s school of thieves, having survived many hardships and dangers, was nevertheless rewarded by fate for his perseverance and love of life..