Oliver Twist | Essays and Criticism
- Survival, Money and Power
In this essay, the author considers themes of survival, the portrayal of criminals, and attitudes toward money and power in Dickens's Oliver Twist.
- Oliver Twist and the Contours of Early Victorian England
In the following essay, this author examines Oliver Twist as a reflection of English society and its changing environment during Dickens's formative years.
- The Immortal Dickens
In the following essay, Gissing discusses Dickens's motives for writing Oliver Twist, as well as the political, social and economic climate in which it was written.

