"We sit entranced at Dickens' feet, safe in his stories; and when we come out, we have tools to help us guard against the dark." --"Daily Telegraph " Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you'll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by the Respectable Old Gentleman and his brood of thieves and pickpockets. Fagin will bring you to 'the trade', and make something of you, something profitable.But there's something about the young orphan Oliver that's too good for this dark and dangerous world -- can he ever escape its clutches?