Oliver Twist

Name: Oliver Twist
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141439747
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By Charles Dickens

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a tale of a young orphan named Oliver who grows up in a harsh workhouse environment. Escaping to London, he becomes entangled with a group of juvenile criminals led by the sinister Fagin. The novel explores themes of poverty, social justice, and the search for identity amidst struggle.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a taste for classic Victorian literature and are drawn to tales of social justice, the struggles of the underprivileged, and the triumph of the human spirit. The story captures the life of an orphan trying to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world, introducing memorable characters and vivid depictions of 19th-century London.

Oliver Twist

After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver Twist 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.

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The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published.

Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy.

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.

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Oliver Twist is praised for the captivating power of Dickens' storytelling, which immediately engrosses readers, compelling them to follow the narrative wherever it may lead.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141439747

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Introduction by Philip Horne
Notes by Philip Horne
Introduction by Philip Horne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 608

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Charles Dickens Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. Philip Horne is a Reader in English at UCL. He is author of the acclaimed 'Henry James- A Life in Letters' and editor of James' The Tragic Muse for Penguin.