Charles Dickens

Oliver was elected as the unwilling spokesman for all the hungry children.

After he was left orphaned by the death of his mother, little Oliver Twist was ‘cared for’ in a State-run workhouse. The officials who ran it were satisfied that the boys were fed according to Government guidelines, but if so the boys found the guidelines wanting. Eventually they decided they must do something about it — or at any rate, that one of them must do something about it.

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Scrooge begs the Spirit of Christmas to tell him what will happen to Tiny Tim.

Once, Ebenezer Scrooge thought that disabled children should be left to die. Now, he is all anxiety to know what will become of his clerk’s lame and frail boy, tiny Tim.

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Fate and a vicious professional thief named Fagin conspire to trap orphan Oliver Twist into a life of crime.

‘Oliver Twist, or, The Parish-Boy’s Progress’ is a novel by Charles Dickens. First published in February 1837, it has been dramatised for film and TV many times, and turned into a popular musical named ‘Oliver!’. Here is the first part of a two-part summary of the plot.

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