Oliver Twist

1. In this novel Dickens shows a deep awareness of the social problems of the time: the poverty, the horrors of the slums, the bad school and medical assistance

2. This is the story of an orphan who lives in a workhouse

3. He is adopted by a gang of criminals, who force him to help them in their crimes

4. The setting is the London suburbs in a scenery of great poorness

5. One of the gang, Nancy, saves him

6. A kind gentleman gives him a new opportunity in life

7. In the 19th century, life in England was very hard and dangerous for an orphan boy