Matsayi: Oliver Twist sananne ne saboda yadda Dickens ya nuna ba da son rai ba game da masu laifi da rayuwarsu ta lalata, da kuma fallasa mummunan halin da marayu da yawa ke ciki a London a tsakiyar karni na 19. Sauran taken, Ci gaban Parish Boy, yana nufin Bunyan's Ci gaban Pilgrim, da kuma jerin zane-zanen karni na 18 na William Hogarth, Ci gaban Rake da Ci gaban Harlot.A cikin wannan misalin na farko na littafin zamantakewa, Dickens ya nuna munafunci na lokacinsa, gami da aikin yara, da daukar yara a matsayin masu laifi, da kuma kasancewar yara a kan titi. Littafin na iya kasancewa daga labarin Robert Blincoe, wanda marayu ya yi aiki a matsayin yaro a cikin mai aikin auduga a London a tsakiyar karni na 19.
Robert Blincoe