Oliver Twist Mass market paperbound - 2002
by Charles Dickens; Philip Horne (Editor)
Born to unknown parents, Oliver Twist is forced as a small child to labor in a workhouse under the inhuman conditions that were common in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. In desperation the boy runs away and is taken in by a disreputable bunch of thieves that includes the burglar, Bill Sikes; Bill's mistress, Nancy; "the Artful Dodger;" and the ringleader, Fagin. Oliver's experiences with this wicked gang, and the kind treatment he receives later from a woman named Rose, are at the heart of this story of the clash between childhood innocence and the dark criminal underworld. This new edition is based on the serialized text of the novel, allowing readers to experience the story as its first readers did-not as a polished novel for a family audience, but as the dramatically improvised work of a young man discovering his possibilities as a writer. With the original 1841 introduction and 1850 preface, a full glossary of the language of criminals at the time, extensive endnotes, and a new introduction, this is the definitive edition of Charles Dickens's second novel.
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Oliver Twist (Parish Boy's Progress) focuses on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by an elderly criminal Fagin. The book shows an unromantic portrayal of criminals and the treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.
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Oliver Twist was first published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and released as a three-volume book in 1838 before the serialization ended.
The first edition was published by Richard Bentley in London, 1838. Octavo, three volumes, original reddish-brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels marked with a stamp. Features 24 illustrated plates by George Cruikshank.
The first issue has the "Fireside" plate in volume 3 and "Boz" listed as the author on all title pages. It was issued on November 9, 1838. At Dicken's insistence, the Fireside plate was replaced with the "Church" plate, and Dickens's name replaced "Boz". The book was then reissued in three volumes 7 days after the first issue, on November 16.
The First US Edition of Oliver Twist was published in New York by Jemima M. Lewer in 1838, as two volumes, bound in modern brown quarter-leather bindings, with marbled paper boards.
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- Title Oliver Twist
- Author Charles Dickens; Philip Horne (Editor)
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Pages 553
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Publication date 2002-08-27
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780140435221 / 0140435220
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.11 x 0.99 in (19.76 x 12.98 x 2.51 cm)
- Reading level 530
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects London (England), Bildungsromans
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003265746
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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