Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens

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Bantam USA
15 May 2005

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

"This fiercely comic tale stands in markedcontrast to its genial predecessor, The PickwickPapers. Set against London's seedy backstreet slums, Oliver Twist isthe saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrustinto a thieves' den, where some of Dickens's mostdepraved villains preside- the incorrigibleArtful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and theterrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whosegrinning knavery threatens to send them all to the""ghostly gallows."" Yet at the heart of thisdrama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsulliedgoodness leads him at last to salvation. In 1838 thepublication of Oliver Twist firmly established theliterary eminence of young Dickens. It was,according to Edgar Johnson, ""a clarion pealannouncing to the world that in Charles Dickens therejected and forgotten and misused of the world had achampion."""

By: Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens
Imprint: Bantam USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780553211023
ISBN 10: 0553211021
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 15 May 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was born in Portsmouth, England, and spent most of his life in London. When he was twelve, his father was sent to debtor's prison and he was forced to work in a boot polish factory, an experience that marked him for life. He became a passionate advocate of social reform and the most popular writer of the Victorian era.

Reviews for Oliver Twist

The power of [Dickens] is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads. --William Makepeace Thackeray The power of [Dickens] is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads. --William Makepeace Thackeray From the Trade Paperback edition. The power of YDickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads. --William Makepeace Thackeray From the Trade Paperback edition.