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Oliver Twist
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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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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
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.
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