Possible Clues:

• Victor Hugo's Cosette, e.g
• Child such as Oliver Twist
• Australian state initially provided for orphaned child
• Dickensian character
• Slender model debuts in wicked action in film
• Cosette in “Les Misérables,” for one
• Abandoned orphan
• Many a Dickensian child
• Stray with a condition
• Oliver Twist, for example