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- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2003
Summary
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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 melod…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439747 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141439742 |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Philip Horne |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 418g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“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
About The Author
Charles Dickens
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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