Oliver Twist & Me
The True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved novel
$72.80
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2025
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
“Idiosyncratic and entertaining,” Sunday Times
“A fascinating family and social history,” Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time
“A fascinating dual story,” Edel Coffey, The Gloss
We all think we know the tale. As a child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a mouldering Thames-side blacking factory, an event that scarred him for life and insp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349136387 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349136386 |
| Author: | Nicholas Blincoe |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | The Bridge Street Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 166mm x 46mm |
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Critics Review
Recorded with self-deprecating humour and warmth… engrossing * TLS *
About The Author
Nicholas Blincoe
Nicholas Blincoe is the author of six novels, winning the CWA Silver Dagger for his crime novel, MANCHESTER SLINGBACK. His non-fiction books include a deeply personal history of Bethlehem - his home for a decade - which won praise from figures as diverse as President Jimmy Carter and historian Peter Frankopan, with starred reviews in the New York Review of Books.
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