Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1987, Hardcover)

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Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Reader's Digest World's Best Reading HC 1987.

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PublisherReader's Digest Association, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-100895772582
ISBN-139780895772589
eBay Product ID (ePID)4414777

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Book TitleOliver Twist
Publication Year1987
TopicCrime, Literary, Coming of Age
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorCruikshank, George, Yes
GenreFiction
AuthorCharles Dickens
FormatHardcover

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LCCN86-063584
Dewey Edition22
Afterword byChesterton, G. K.
Dewey Decimal428.6/4
SynopsisThe gaunt, pathetic figure of orphan Oliver being refused more gruel has become a literary and cultural icon, embedded in the national consciousness as a searing image of poverty and helplessness, dramatizing as it does the extent to which what is taken for granted at home is denied in the workhouse. Yet the novel, a powerful indictment of the workhouse, is also more than that, for even as Oliver escapes its callous grasp, he is snared by the criminal underworld of Fagin's gang. Oliver's struggle to be free of Fagin and Sikes, and his desperate search for a loving, nurturing home, express the theme that forms the real crux of the book; the poignant depiction of the evils of homelessness and its consequences. Full of vivid characterizations, biting irony and ghoulish humor, Oliver Twist is one of Dickens most enduringly popular works. The Toby Press edition of Oliver Twist is based on the Gadshill Edition of 1897, and includes Dickens's preface to the third edition. It also features an introductory essay and chronology by Professor H.M. Daleski, the former President of the International Dickens Society and formerly Chairman of the Department of English at Hebrew University. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberPR4567.A1 1987

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  • Very good classic by Charles Dickens

    The price was good but does not look like a new book because of slight damage to book covers and some discoloration of the back hardcover.

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    Great Book ! On Time !

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