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| author = Charles Dickens
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| elevator pitch = The life of a young orphan in 1830s London
| genre = Social novel
| publication date = 1838
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* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Dickens' authorial voice is well known for this trope.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Or better said, {{spoiler|"Oliver, I'm your [[Disappeared Dad]]'s best friend".}}
* [[May-December Romance]]. {{spoiler|Edwin LeefortLeeford}} was on both ends of this. First he married a much older woman ( {{spoiler|Monks's mother}}) and theirs was a very unhappy union. Later he met a young girl named {{spoiler|Agnes}} and they hit it off, but {{spoiler|he suddenly died and Agnes ran away from her family. [[Death by Childbirth|And we all know what happened to her]].}}
* [[Missing Mom]]: Oliver's mother Agnes dies at the beginning of the novel.
* [[Orphanage of Fear]]: Though it's actually a workhouse, ''Oliver Twist'' features probably the most infamous orphanage in literature.
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