Oliver Twist Introduction by Michael Slater
Oliver Twist Introduction by Michael Slater, authored by Charles Dickens and published by National Geographic Books on November 3, 1992, is part of the Everyman’s Library Edition and spans 528 pages. This classic novel follows the journey of Oliver, an orphan navigating the perilous streets of London, where he encounters a criminal street gang that complicates his attempts to escape poverty and hardship. Dickens vividly portrays the underbelly of Victorian society through memorable characters such as Fagin, Nancy, the Artful Dodger, and the sinister Bill Sikes.
Readers will find a rich narrative that explores themes of survival and social injustice within the context of fiction and satire. This edition not only includes the original introduction by G. K. Chesterton but also features twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikshank, enhancing the reading experience. The book’s depiction of the London underworld, filled with pickpockets, thieves, and abandoned children, offers a compelling glimpse into a world that has captivated audiences for generations.
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Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape.
One of the most swiftly moving and unified of Charles Dickens’s great novels, Oliver Twist is also famous for its re-creation–through the splendidly realized figures of Fagin, Nancy, the Artful Dodger, and the evil Bill Sikes–of the vast London underworld of pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes, and abandoned children. Victorian critics took Dickens to task for rendering this world in such a compelling, believable way, but readers over the last 150 years have delivered an alternative judgment by making this story of the orphaned Oliver Twist one of its author’s most loved works.
This edition reprints the original Everyman’s introduction by G. K. Chesterton and includes twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikshank.
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