Ma hope o ka holo ʻana aku mai ka hale hana hana a me ka beadle pompous Mr Bumble, ʻike nui ʻo ia iā ia iho i loko o kahi lua o nā poʻe ʻaihue i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e nā ʻoluʻolu a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻole — ʻo Artful Dodger, a me ka mea make manu ʻo Bill Sikes, ʻo kāna ʻīlio Bull's Eye, a me ka wahine hoʻokalakupua ʻo Nancy, ua nānā ʻia nā mea a pau. lihue hoʻomoe-hopu Fagin. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea like o Gothic Romance, ka Newgate Novel a me melodrama kaulana, Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Dickens i kahi ʻano kiki piha hou, a me ka ʻāhewa ʻana o kahi hui kūwaho, a me ka manaʻo poina ʻole i ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka pohihihi.
