The title of the book is about Oliver Twist

It seemed like folks couldn't get enough of them. But the critics of the Newgate novels thought they were damaging English morals. Because the Newgate novels didn't shy away from depicting criminal stuff p**********n, stealing and even murder critics said that reading those novels would desensitize people to violence. Oliver Twist is Dickens only novel that qualifies as a Newgate novel though so it seems like he just wanted to try his hand at the popular style of writing before turning to other loftier pursuits. We are certainly happy that he experimented with the Newgate genre because we are left with the totally entertaining fruits of that experiment. Oliver Twist in full Oliver Twist or The Parish Boy's Progress novel by Charles Dickens published serially under the pseudonym "Boz" from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley's Miscellany and in a three volume book in 1838. The novel was the first of the author's works to realistically depict the impoverished London underworld and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime. The novel follow his journey of the titular character Oliver Twist. Oliver twist an orphan since birth spends much of his childhood at a child farm (orphanage) with too many children and too little food. The farm is located roughly 70 miles outside London. One night after being served his portion of gruel Oliver's asks for second helping. This is unacceptable and Oliver is sent to work as an apprentice to an undertaker. Eventually after suffering repeated mistreatment Oliver runs away and heads for London. He soon finds himself in the presence of the Artful Dodger who tells him to stay at the house of an old gentleman (named Fagin) with a number of other boys. Oliver learn that these boys are trained pickpockets.