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
Farm Boy (novel) Theater in 2012. The play was a great success, having a great number of viewers in UK, reaching the Brits Off Broadway Festival – Christmas in New York City in USA. Teenreads puts Farm boy in a positive light, stating "FARM BOY is a great book, perfect for a young adventurous reader who loves history, animals and family stories all put together. The prose may be easy to read, but the emotion is dug in as deeply as the burrows on Grandpa’s farm." Farm Boy (novel) Farm Boy is a novel by Michael Morpurgo, best known as being the sequel