Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Cadwallader

This is perhaps the most well-loved story by Charles Dickens. Dickens asked his readers to have a heart that never gets hard . As readers follow the life of Oliver Twist a poor orphaned boy struggling against the dangers of life in 19th-century London they can empathise with his childhood in a workhouse and his life with a gang of pickpockets. They can also share his relief that there were some good people ready and willing to rescue a child in need. Vocabulary areas friendship social class feelings. Grammar and structures Past simple regular and irregular forms Past continuous Can Could Comparative and superlative adjectives Must for obligation Question words