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Oliver Twist, Or, The Parish Boy’s Progress

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One of the most swiftly moving and unified of Dickens’ great novels, ‘Oliver Twist’ is also famous for its re-creation of the vast 19th century London underworld of pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes and abandoned children.

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Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

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 melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

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Weight 0.73 kg
Dimensions 20.4 × 13.8 × 4 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

553

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.8 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K