London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry tenyearold boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of `games` they play . . .
(1812-1870) fue uno de los grandes novelistas de la Inglaterra victoriana. Su triste infancia, cargada de problemas económicos y afectivos, fue una fuente de inspiración para sus obras, entre las cuales destacan <