Charles Dickens’s success as a novelist continues:…

Charles Dickens’s success as a novelist continues: he has produced Oliver Twist (1837-39) and the comical Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39).

Oliver Twist is an early example of the social novel, notable for Dickens' unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives.

The first novel in the English language to center throughout on a child protagonist, it will ultimately be the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful musical, Oliver!.