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Oliver Twist: Or, the Parish Boy's Progress
Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Jarvis, Martin (Read by)
ISBN: 1602838763     ISBN-13: 9781602838765
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: May 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
Dewey: FIC
Series: Cover to Cover
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.42" W x 6.28" (0.83 lbs) 14 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
One of Dickens' most popular novels, Oliver Twist tells the story of a young workhouse orphan who escapes into the mean backstreets of Victorian London. There, he is thrust into a den of thieves where some of Dickens' most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the barbarous bully Bill Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, whose knavery threatens to send them all to the gallows. A novel with autobiographical overtones, this was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray London's impoverished underworld and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime. At the heart of the drama, however, is Oliver, the orphan whose unsullied goodness leads him to salvation, and who represents Dickens' belief in the principle of good triumphing at last.

Contributor Bio(s): Dickens, Charles: -

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors' prison and child labor and afforded him a few years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. He was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.

Jarvis, Martin: -

Martin Jarvis has starred in many West End productions and on Broadway in By Jeeves. His screen appearances include Titanic, Murder She Wrote, Miss Marple, Numb3rs, Inspector Morse, and Stargate Atlantis. He is an award-winning audiobook performer and has received an OBE from the Queen for his services to drama.