Title: Oliver Twist
Description: *Oliver Twist*, an orphan born in a workhouse and later apprenticed to an undertaker, escapes to London. There he encounters the legendary Fagin and his gang of juvenile pickpockets. 

This work, a typical "parish boy's progress," shows the harsh treatment of the impoverished in Victorian England while also recounting Oliver's story as he struggles to remain innocent in a world full of crime and poverty.
Subjects: Social Injustice, Orphans, Victorian London, Crime, Poverty, Satire, Underworld, Child Labor
Places: London, The Workhouse, Saffron Hill, Smithfield, Chertsey
People: Oliver Twist, Fagin, The Artful Dodger, Bill Sikes, Nancy, Mr. Bumble, Rose Maylie
Time periods: 1830s, Victorian Era, Early 19th Century