Question: Which English author wrote the novel “Oliver Twist”?
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Charles Dickens.
The novel “Oliver Twist” was written by English author Charles Dickens. The book was first published serially in Bentley’s Miscellany from February 1837 to April 1839. Dickens used the novel to portray the harsh living conditions faced by the poor in 19th-century London, especially children. The book includes one of his most notable characters, the young orphan Oliver Twist, who spends his early life in a workhouse before falling in with a gang of pickpockets. The book has been adapted numerous times for the stage, film, and television.
