Charles Dickens and the street children of London

The man in the shadows

The poor people of London

The early years

A working-class boy

Growing up

Becoming a writer

The workhouse

Oliver Twist

The sea captain who rescued foundling children

The great benefactors : Handel, Hogarth, and Dickens

Closing England's worst schools

Sending ragged children to school

Giving from a charitable heart

A dedicated reformer

A friend to the poor, a complex father

An author for the ages.