| Oliver Twist Or the parish boy's progress Charles Dickens Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540666883 ISBN-13: 9781540666888 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $25.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 518 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 7116 Reading Level: 11.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 33.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin.Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.The alternate title, The Parish Boy's Progress, alludes to Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, as well as the 18th-century caricature series by William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress and A Harlot's Progress |