Oliver Twist - Unabridged Author:Charles Dickens, Scott McKowen (Illustrator) Explore the darker side of early nineteenth-century London with Oliver twist as he encounters one scrape after another in his quest to discover where he truly belongs. — Orphaned at birth, Oliver is forced to live in a filthy workhouse for young boys where the selfish and greedy Mr. Bumble cheats the children out of their small food rations. ... more »; Oliver's adventures begin when he is sent away from the factory after asking for a second bowl of gruel. He narrowly escapes one dangerous apprenticeship and laves another in anger before fleeing penniless and alone to the streets of London. There Oliver meets the Artful Dodger and Fagin, criminals who make their living as pickpockets. Will Oliver join their ranks, or will someone come to the rescue in time to save him from a life of crime? And why is Monks a mysterious stranger who befriends Fagin, so determined to keep Oliver on the streets no matter what the cost?« less