Born in the workhouse, the orphaned Oliver Twist has known nothing but hunger and misery. He runs away to London to start a better life, but instead falls in with the wicked Fagin and his gang of thieves. Just when everything seems hopeless, events take an unexpected turn.
Oliver Twist is probably Charles Dickens' most famous work, set in England in the 19th century. A wonderful description of the difficult life many children faced at this time when only a few got a good education and most had to work in coal mines or factories.