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Oliver Twist - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. The story centers on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fa...

Książka na temat ruchu religijnego purytan. Purytańska moralność znaczy tyle, ile surowa obyczajowość, a nią właśnie purytanie drażnili i imponowali. Tak silnie, że wyrażenie to pozostaje z nami w języku po dziś dzień. Fragment książki: „He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.” Oliver Cr...