Oliver Twist

1838

28 x 41 in (71 x 104 cm)

ID #TOCT009

The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.

Written by Charles Dickens 

Published 1838

Poster from 1895

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