| Oliver Twist: The Parish Boy's Progress Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798689956855 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 530 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8" W x 10" (1.73 lbs) 398 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in this edition with an introduction by Philip Horne.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.This edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations. |