IDENTITY
Oliver Twist
Literature
Work Summary
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a novel about an orphan who escapes a brutal workhouse system and becomes entangled with a London gang of thieves led by Fagin. Through Oliver's vulnerability and eventual rescue, Dickens attacks institutional cruelty, poverty and criminal exploitation while using melodrama and coincidence.
Evidence Summary
The work is present in his visual Dickens material.
Literary work mediated through illustration.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Dickens
Work
Oliver Twist
Years / Period
12 Oct 1883
Van Gogh Relation
Editorially Identified
EVIDENCE
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Evidence Trail
12 Oct 1883 — Letter 397 + scholarly artwork identification
Editorially Identified · Consulted through Barnard illustration
The edition identifies Barnard's Bill Sikes and his dog from Oliver Twist among the Dickens illustrations associated with Van Gogh's correspondence.
Response: The work is present in his visual Dickens material.
Connection: Literary work mediated through illustration.
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