Oliver Twist The alternative title, "The Parish Boy's Progress", alludes to Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress", as well as the 18th-century caricature series by William Hogarth, "A Rake's Progress" and "A Harlot's Progress". In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirises the hypocrisies of his time, including child labour, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of working as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences
Boy Meets Girl (novel) a collection of lighthearted barbs, gleeful clichés and panicky (but comic and brief) freakouts" but ultimately stated it was a "fluffy, fun urban fairy tale". The book also garnered a positive reviews from the Arizona Republic and Booklist. Boy Meets Girl (novel) Boy Meets Girl is a 2004 chick lit novel by American author Meg Cabot. It was first published in January, 2004 by HarperCollins, with the author name of "Meggin Cabot"; subsequent printings say "Meg Cabot". It is the second book in the "Boy" series, but its story is only loosely connected to that of its predecessor, "The Boy