Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, published by Penguin Books in 1994, is a classic work that explores the life of an orphan named Oliver who escapes from a workhouse, only to find himself entangled with a group of thieves. This edition spans 511 pages and is presented in English, offering readers a glimpse into the dark criminal underworld of London through Dickens’s vivid storytelling.
In this narrative, readers will encounter a range of memorable characters, including the notorious Fagin, the cunning Artful Dodger, the threatening Bill Sikes, and the troubled Nancy. The story combines elements of Gothic Romance and popular melodrama, presenting a scathing critique of societal cruelty while maintaining an atmosphere filled with threat and mystery. Dickens’s portrayal of childhood innocence amidst evil serves as a powerful backdrop for this exploration of crime and morality.
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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, in Oliver Twist 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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