Wishbone Classic #05 Oliver Twist
“Wishbone Classic #05 Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens is a new edition published by HarperCollins on June 12, 1996. This edition spans 128 pages and presents a fiercely comic tale that contrasts sharply with Dickens’s earlier work, “The Pickwick Papers.” Set in the grimy back streets of London, the story follows the life of Oliver, a workhouse orphan who finds himself ensnared in a world of crime, encountering notorious characters such as the Artful Dodger, the violent Sikes, and the cunning Fagin.
Readers will discover a narrative that delves into themes of innocence and morality amidst the harsh realities of urban life. The book highlights Oliver’s journey through a landscape filled with depravity, ultimately showcasing his inherent goodness as a beacon of hope. This edition is suitable for those interested in juvenile fiction, particularly stories that feature animals and dogs, as it intertwines these elements within the broader context of Dickens’s exploration of society’s outcasts.
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This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to its genial predecessor, “The Pickwick Papers.” Set against London’s seedy back street slums, “Oliver Twist” is the saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a thieves’ den, where some of Dickens’s most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whose grinning knavery threatens to send them all to the “ghostly gallows.” Yet at the heart of this drama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsullied goodness leads him at last to salvation. In 1838 the publication of “Oliver Twist” firmly established the literary eminence of young Dickens. It was, according to Edgar Johnson, “a clarion peal announcing to the world that in Charles Dickens the rejected and forgotten and misused of the world had a champion.”
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