Oliver!. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1838 book, Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
movie vs book
Carol Reed, 1968

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Oliver is a nine-year-old orphan who’s sold to an undertaker by workhouse officials for objecting to his scant rations; he soon manages to escape from bondage and make his way to London. There he’s befriended by the precocious Artful Dodger, a pickpocket who belongs to a gang of youthful thieves run by Fagin, a veteran cutpurse.