The closest thing I've read to Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is a book by Neil Gaiman called Neverwhere.
It has legendary villains and makes heroes of those that fall through society's cracks. It takes the phrase "London Underground" to new depths, creating a whole world out of forgotten subway stops, abandoned sewer projects, and also by taking names like "Earl's Court" quite literally.
This book is, "A lightning strike of imaginative power", sez I, "and fans of Dickens are sure to love it".
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