Oliver Characters

• Oliver Twist, the protagonist of the story, he is a lonely orphan boy born in the workhouse.


• Fagin, a conniving career criminal, he takes in homeless boys and teaches them to pick pockets for him.


• Nancy, Bill Sikes's lover, she takes a liking to Oliver and treats him like her own child.


• Mr. Brownlow, Oliver's grandfather, a man of wealth and breeding.


• Bill Sikes, Nancy's brutal and abusive boyfriend, a burglar and eventual murderer.


• Mr. Bumble, the pompous beadle of the workhouse in which Oliver was born.


• The Artful Dodger, the cleverest of Fagin's pickpockets, he introduces Fagin to Oliver.


• Mr. & Mrs. Sowerberry, the couple who take in Oliver and use him in their funeral business.


• Mrs. Corney, the matron of the workhouse where Oliver was born, later marries Mr. Bumble.


• Charlotte Sowerberry, the rude but also flirtatious daughter of the Sowerberrys.


• Noah Claypole, The Sowerberrys' apprentice, he bullies Oliver about his mother and enjoys a flirty relationship with Charlotte.


• Bet, Nancy's friend, one of Fagin's former pickpockets.


• Charley Bates, one of Fagin's pickpockets. He is Dodger's sidekick.