Charles Dickens

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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