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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Oliver Twist about?
Penguin Classics e-books give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book. This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist also includes a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang and a map of contemporary London. 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, Dickens created an entirely newkind of fiction, scathing in its... Cover 1 About the Author 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Acknowledgements 10 A Dickens Chronology 12 Introduction 15 Further Reading 44 A Note on the Text 50 Oliver Twist 53 [Bo
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- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781539410386
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.85 / 5 (263 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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