Dickens had already achieved renown with `The Pickwick Papers`. With `Oliver Twis`t his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumphof good in the face of great adversity.
Oliver Twist features some of the author`s most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself (who dares to ask for more), the tyrannical Bumble, the diabolical Fagin, the menacing Bill Sykes, Nancy and `the Artful Dodger`.
For any reader wishing to delve into the works of the great Victorian literary colossus, `Oliver Twist is`, without doubt, an essential title.