page_title: Bill Sikes
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Sikes
caption_attribution_description: English: Reproduced from a c.1870s photogravure illustration to Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist
context_page_description: William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and a main antagonist in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Sikes is a malicious criminal in Fagin's gang, and a vicious robber and murderer. Throughout much of the novel Sikes is shadowed by his “bull-terrier” dog Bull's-eye.
context_section_description: William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and a main antagonist in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Sikes is a malicious criminal in Fagin's gang, and a vicious robber and murderer. Throughout much of the novel Sikes is shadowed by his “bull-terrier” dog Bull's-eye.
caption: Bill Sikes by Fred Barnard
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