Oliver Twist

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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' 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. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:

Charles Dickens, 1812-1870

Document Type:

Books

Document range:

511 s.

Published:

Londýn : Penguin Books, 1994

Series:

Penguin Popular Classics [ED]

Subjects:

anglická literatura

knihy v angličtině

kritický realismus

Physical Description:

511 s.

ISBN:

014062046X