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Overview"This fiercely comic tale stands in markedcontrast to its genial predecessor, The PickwickPapers. Set against London's seedy backstreet slums, Oliver Twist isthe saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrustinto a thieves' den, where some of Dickens's mostdepraved villains preside- the incorrigibleArtful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and theterrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whosegrinning knavery threatens to send them all to the""ghostly gallows."" Yet at the heart of thisdrama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsulliedgoodness leads him at last to salvation. In 1838 thepublication of Oliver Twist firmly established theliterary eminence of young Dickens. It was,according to Edgar Johnson, ""a clarion pealannouncing to the world that in Charles Dickens therejected and forgotten and misused of the world had achampion.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Dickens , Charles DickensPublisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Imprint: Bantam USA Dimensions: Width: 10.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 17.40cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780553211023ISBN 10: 0553211021 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 01 May 1982 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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 From the Trade Paperback edition. The power of YDickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads. --William Makepeace Thackeray From the Trade Paperback edition. The power of &Yacute;Dickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads. <br>--William Makepeace Thackeray <p> From the Trade Paperback edition. Author InformationCharles Dickens (1812-1870) was born in Portsmouth, England, and spent most of his life in London. When he was twelve, his father was sent to debtor's prison and he was forced to work in a boot polish factory, an experience that marked him for life. He became a passionate advocate of social reform and the most popular writer of the Victorian era. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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