British literature brings readers joy and sorrow

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts." --- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens

The story depicts an orphan's miserable life in London, where young Oliver Twist grows up in orphanage, and goes through many tragedies until he is finally saved by kind people. The book has been adapted to film, TV and dramas. The image of the hungry little boy has touched many people's hearts.

"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded."

"Some people are nobody's enemies but their own."

---- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens