Oliver Twist, 9780451529718
Paperback
One of the great writer‘s most popular works is not only the story of an orphaned boy, but a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. This revised edition includes a new Introduction by Frederick Busch and an Afterword by Edward Le Comte. Reissue.

Oliver Twist

(200th anniversary edition)

$23.36

  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2012

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Summary

Named a "national institution" by George Orwell, Dickens offers his most popular tale, of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London-a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780451529718
ISBN-10:0451529715
Series:Signet Classics (Hardcover)
Author:Charles Dickens
Publisher:Signet Book
Imprint:Signet Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Edition:200th
Release Date:30 April 2012
Weight:240g
Dimensions:23mm x 106mm x 172mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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 greatest writer of his time.”–Edmund Wilson “One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art.”–Edgar Johnson

“All of his characters are my personal friends–I am constantly comparing them with living persons and living persons with them, and what a spirit there was in all he wrote.”–Leo Tolstoy

About The Author

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most acclaimed and popular writers of all time. His many works include the classics The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Bleak House, Hard Times, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers and many more.

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