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Charles Dickens tells the tale of an orphan boy who is taken in by a band of pickpockets in Oliver Twist. Summary of the Book London seemed like a big city to Oliver. It surely was threatening enough. He didn’t know what to expect. All he knew is that it was better than the workhouse where he’d been reprimanded and cast out just for asking for more food. No one had pity for a little orphan. He’d thought that working for a kind undertaker would make matters better, but when the man died, his wife cast Oliver out. In London, Oliver hoped to find a new beginning. He meets a young boy who seems to have a penchant for picking people’s pockets, and he is fleet-footed as well. His name is particularly weird. Oliver had no idea why the boy was called the Artful Dodger, but he had a feeling that he was about to find out. About Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was an English novelist, short story writer and social critic. He is best remembered for his prolific writing, and especially the novels: David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol and The Pickwick Papers. Considered the literary juggernaut of his age, Dickens constantly portrayed the poor and orphaned in his novels and stories, and touched upon the poor living situations which were rampant in those days.