Is a powerful social novel that exposes the grim realities of poverty and crime in 19th-century London. The story follows the titular orphan, Oliver, who is born in a workhouse and endures a childhood of neglect and mistreatment.

After famously asking for “more” gruel, Oliver escapes the oppressive workhouse and flees to London. There, he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the eccentric and manipulative Fagin, alongside the cunning Artful Dodger and the brutal Bill Sikes, accompanied by his ill-fated lover, Nancy.