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
The Lost Boy (novel) contact for several years, but now she and her son live on the island of Gråskär, near Fjällbacka - a place where her family has been living for generations. Furthermore, Gråskär has its share of secrets and is an area, which has always been surrounded by disastrous rumours. It is said that the island is haunted by the dead and that they have something to say about life... The Lost Boy (novel) The Lost Boy (original title: "Fyrvaktaren") is a detective novel by Camilla Läckberg, published in Sweden in 2009. The English version was published in March 2013 by HarperCollins.