Oliver Twist - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812580036 ISBN 13: 9780812580037

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1998

Synopsis

This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to its genial predecessor, "The Pickwick Papers." Set against London's seedy back street slums, "Oliver Twist" is the saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a thieves' den, where some of Dickens's most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whose grinning knavery threatens to send them all to the "ghostly gallows." Yet at the heart of this drama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsullied goodness leads him at last to salvation. In 1838 the publication of "Oliver Twist" firmly established the literary eminence of young Dickens. It was, according to Edgar Johnson, "a clarion peal announcing to the world that in Charles Dickens the rejected and forgotten and misused of the world had a champion."

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Review:

An unforgettable journey into criminal behaviour that takes me back to my own childhood fantasies. --Malcolm McLaren - Guardian

The power of [Dickens] is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive. --William Makepeace Thackeray

The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the possibility of a lucrative career in authorship is always compelling. --Guardian

Book Description:

With an exclusive introduction by Peter Ackroyd, these out of print editions are brought back to life with a fresh and timeless new look.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0812580036
• ISBN 13: 9780812580037
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 496