
Manvir Singh's figure of “the triumphant orphan”: Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre, but surely not Pip
In an article on whether a "key to all mythologies" could be created, Manvir Singh mentions the figure of the "triumphant orphan" and lists examples from Cinderella and Jane Eyre to Harry Potter and Igbo stories from Nigeria. Before I began reading the list, I thought of "Oliver Twist" (1839)




