Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) - Dickens, Charles

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Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) by Dickens, Charles Format: Trade PaperbackPublished by Penguin Classics, 2003 The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and advers ity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. 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. Show more