Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375757848
- ISBN 13
- 9780375757846
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A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly.
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.
Synopsis
Oliver Twist , published in 1838, became one of English writer Charles Dickens's better-known stories and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. 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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- 202000611
- Title
- Oliver Twist
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 7th printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375757848
- ISBN 13
- 9780375757846
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group/Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- This edition first published
- 2001-10-09
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Literature;
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