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Violence
Some
Bill Sikes's brutal murder of Nancy; some violence and threat
Language
None
Dickensian prose; no profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use of note
Emotional Intensity
Some
Child poverty and exploitation; Bill Sikes's violence; Nancy's fate; Fagin's manipulation of children
What this book is about
Oliver Twist is an orphan born in a workhouse who escapes poverty only to fall into the hands of the criminal Fagin and his gang of child pickpockets in London. Charles Dickens's social novel is a passionate attack on the English Poor Law and the brutal treatment of children, wrapped in a plot of mystery, crime, and Oliver's search for his true identity.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Bill Sikes's murder of Nancy — graphic for Victorian fiction
Child exploitation and poverty — the novel's social critique
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