Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1837–38, following an orphan boy through London's criminal underworld.
The character's name has become shorthand for a pitiable, hungry child.
The phrase Please, sir, I want some more—Oliver's request for extra gruel—is widely quoted to suggest humble or audacious asking.
- VictorianOf a prim era
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- BildungsromanNovel of formative years
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
Fagin · Nancy · Artful Dodger · London · Newgate · pickpocket · gruel · parish
Institution housing poor laborers
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- gruelThin watery porridge
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
pauperism · deprivation · penury · hardship · ragged · slums · orphan · foundling
Abandoned child discovered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- parentlessHaving no mother or father
- wardProtected person; division
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
parish · neglected · unwanted · alone · outcast · vulnerable · innocent · identity
- Artful DodgerCrafty child criminal
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- thieveryAct of stealing
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
lair · robbery · housebreaking · accomplice · recruit · corruption · Nancy · betrayal
Minors performing paid work
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- welfareComfort and prosperity
workhouse conditions · exploitation · injustice · corruption · humanitarian · Dickensian · public awareness · compassion
Charles Dickens
- VictorianOf a prim era
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- BildungsromanNovel of formative years
workhouse · Fagin · Nancy · Artful Dodger · London · Newgate · pickpocket · gruel · parish · beadle
workhouse
Institution housing poor laborers
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- gruelThin watery porridge
squalor · pauperism · deprivation · penury · hardship · ragged · slums · orphan · foundling · begging
foundling
Abandoned child discovered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- parentlessHaving no mother or father
- wardProtected person; division
workhouse · parish · neglected · unwanted · alone · outcast · vulnerable · innocent · identity · birthright
Fagin
- Artful DodgerCrafty child criminal
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- thieveryAct of stealing
fence · lair · robbery · housebreaking · accomplice · recruit · corruption · Nancy · betrayal · violence
child labor
Minors performing paid work
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
workhouse conditions · welfare · exploitation · injustice · corruption · humanitarian · Dickensian · public awareness · compassion · charity
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- boy heroesHarry Potter, Peter Pan, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finn
- British ClassicsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol
- Class DramasPride and Prejudice, Downton Abbey, Great Expectations, My Fair Lady, Pygmalion
- British novelsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Middlemarch
- DickensCharles Dickens, Dickens, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House
Oliver TwistFagin
Ebenezer Scrooge · aristocrat · Miss Havisham · landed gentry
Oliver TwistFagin
Iago · Long John Silver · Professor Moriarty · Cruella de Vil · villain protagonist