Jack Sheppard (novel) for many months in the "Bentley's Miscellany": Dickens' "Oliver Twist". The plots are similar, in that both deal with an individual attempting to corrupt a boy. Ainsworth's boy is corrupted, whereas Dickens' is not. Both authors also cast Jews as their villains; they are similar in appearance, though Ainsworth's is less powerful. According to Frank Chandler, the novel "was intended as a study in the Spanish style". Such influences appear in Jack's physical description and in the words of the characters. Dramatist John Gay stated that Jack's story is related to the stories of Guzman d'Alfarache, Lazarillo de Tormes, Estevanillo
Little Boy Lost (novel) is the one." and "This is haunting stuff." Little Boy Lost (novel) Little Boy Lost is a dramatic novel by Marghanita Laski that was published in 1949. It was republished in 2001 by Persephone Books. The novel focuses on Hilary Wainwright, an English man, on the search for his lost son in the ruins of post-war France. A motion picture version of the same title starring Bing Crosby was released in 1953. Kirkus Reviews found "Little Boy Lost" "An inescapably affecting story where sentiment is edged by bitterness." while Nicholas Lezard of the Guardian wrote "If you like a novel