Oliver is alarmed by the sight of Saffron Hill - the neighbourhood that he is taken to - close to present-day Clerkenwell. In a decaying old building he is introduced to Fagin and various other ...

Oliver Twist Oliver's birth, early life in the workhouse and harsh treatment from Mr Sowerberry. Episode 2. audio Episode 2 Oliver meets the Artful Dodger and joins Fagin's gang in London.

When his mother dies after childbirth, the poor orphaned boy named Oliver Twist is taken in Mr ... leader of a London gang of young pickpockets, Fagin, only to reluctantly learn the tricks of ...

Oliver Twist was the first of Dickens' novels published as a "three-decker." Notice that the title page identifies Charles Dickens as "Author of 'The Pickwick Papers,' " a work for which he was ...