Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, "e,Please, sir, I want some more."e, Oliver Twist's famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel's initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite with fans of all ages. Dickens was no stranger to the pain of hunger and the degradation of poverty. He poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London's unspeakable squalor into this ...