Oliver Twist

Authors: Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank (Illustrator) Publisher: Vintage Books Edition: 1 Publish Year: 2008 ISBN: 9780099511939 An orphan living on the dangerous London streets, Oliver has no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. The capital's underworld—replete with prostitutes, thieves and lost and homeless children—are displayed in this realistic and gritty look at the disadvantaged and abused.