Dickens’s classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England’s Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist Fagin Nancy Bill Sykes and the Artful Dodger to name a few Dickens’s second novel is a compelling social satire that has remained popular since it was first serialized in 1837-39.
