Ngemuva kokubalekela umbethi wemikhono emibi futhi oqhoshayo uMnu. Bumble, u-Oliver uzithola esebolekwe emgodini wamasela ahlanganiswe ngabantu abonakalayo nabangasoze bakhumbula.Ngemuva kokubalekela umucu omubi nokugcotshwa kukaMnu. Bumble, u-Oliver uzithola esebolekwe emgodini wamasela abantu ababhalwe ngabantu abanohlonze nabakhumbulekayo - i-Artful Dodger, umgibeli onesihluku uBill Sikes, inja yakhe uBull's, nesifebe uNancy, bonke ababukele ubuqili master-isela Fagin. Ukuhlanganisa izinto ze-Gothic Romance, iNewgate Novel ne-melodrama edumile, iDickens yakheke uhlobo olusha lwensumansumane, yathusa ukubekwa icala komphakathi ononya, futhi igcwele umqondo ongasoze walibaleka nosongo nemfihlakalo.