Oliver Twist The alternative title, "The Parish Boy's Progress", alludes to Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress", as well as the 18th-century caricature series by William Hogarth, "A Rake's Progress" and "A Harlot's Progress". In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirises the hypocrisies of his time, including child labour, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of working as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences
The Enchanted Boy a videostudio "Soyuz", since 1996 was reissued by the same studio. The Enchanted Boy The Enchanted Boy (, "Zakoldovanyy malchik") is a 1955 Soviet/Russian/United States traditionally animated feature film directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya. The film is an adaptation of "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" by Selma Lagerlöf. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film's image and sound were recently restored by the Russian company Krupnyy Plan, which released it on video and DVD packaged together with "Cipollino", a 1961, 40-minute feature film directed by Boris Dyozhkin. No English-subtitled version has been released. The