‘Oliver Twist’ is a -

Oliver Twist, in full Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress is a 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.

Charles Dickens was a British novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator and social commentator who wrote such beloved classic novels as:
- Oliver Twist, 
- A Christmas Carol
- Nicholas Nickleby
- David Copperfield 
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Great Expectations.

Source: An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman