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Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) Book

Scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery, this novel is peopled with some of memorable characters (the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy). It combines the elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama.Read More

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  • Foyles

    'The power of Dickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive' - William Makepeace Thackeray The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers with its depiction of a dark criminal underworld 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, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist 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.

  • Play

    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.

  • BookDepository

    Oliver Twist : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141439747 : 0141439742 : 01 May 2003 : 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.

  • Penguin

    Penguin Classics give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book.

  • Blackwell

    Edited with an Introduction by Philip Horne. 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...

  • Waterstones

    Presents the story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves.

  • Pickabook

    Charles Dickens, Philip Horne

  • 0141439742
  • 9780141439747
  • Charles Dickens
  • 27 March 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 608
  • 1st Revised edition
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