Oliver Twist

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Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist" is a gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly published in " Penguin Classics" with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist
- orphaned & set upon by evil & adversity from his first breath
- shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse & pompous beadle Mr Bumble Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid & memorable characters
- the Artful Dodger vicious burglar Bill Sikes his dog Bull's Eye & prostitute Nancy all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of " Gothic Romance" the " Newgate Novel" & popular melodrama Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction scathing in its indictment of a cruel society & pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat & mystery. This " Penguin Classics" 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 &

Includes:: an introduction by Philip Horne a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang a chronology of Dickens' life a map of contemporary London & all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " Oliver Twist" you may like " Nicholas Nickleby" & " Little Dorrit" also available in " Penguin Classics". " His novels will endure as long as the language itself". (Peter Ackroyd). " He is our greatest novelist
- every reread reveals more riches". (Melvyn Bragg). " When Dickens has once described something you see it for the rest of your life". (George Orwell)."