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OLIVER TWIST - CHARLES DICKENS KARTONIERT (TB)

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly  published in Penguin Classics with
an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned  and set upon by evil and
adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away
from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble  Oliver finds himself lured into a den of
thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger  vicious burglar Bill
Sikes  his dog Bull's Eye  and prostitute Nancy  all watched over by cunning master-thief
Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance  the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama  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. This Penguin Classics edition of
Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest
readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany  and includes
an introduction by Philip Horne  a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang  a chronology of
Dickens's life  a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original
illustrations. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic
literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and
disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date
translations by award-winning translators.

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