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PublisherChiltern Publishing LTD

ISBN-10191460220X

ISBN-139781914602207

eBay Product ID (ePID)10066419964

Product Key Features

Publication Year2023

TopicClassics

Book TitleOliver Twist

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorCharles Dickens

Book SeriesChiltern Classic Ser.

FormatHardcover

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823.8

SynopsisChiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf. Oliver Twist is a story of a young orphan. His life in the workhouse is lonely and sad. Oliver becomes an apprentice for an undertaker but runs away after he gets into a fight with another apprentice. When Oliver arrives in London, he meets Jack, also known as the Artful Dodger, who offers him a place to stay with a number of other boys. Oliver learns that these boys are trained pickpockets. On an outing, Oliver witnesses the boys take a handkerchief from Mr. Brownlow, an elderly man, which prompts Oliver to run away in fear and confusion. The elderly man mistakes Oliver's behavior forguilt and has him arrested. However, after learning more about Oliver, Mr. Brownlow realizes his mistake and offers to take care of him at his home., Orphaned Oliver Twist has grown up in the harsh environment of the workhouse but his fortunes are scarcely improved when he runs away to London and encounters the Artful Dodger, who introduces the young runaway to a gang of pickpockets controlled by the villainous Fagin. Oliver Twist is a timeless story of vice and virtue the tale of an innocent abroad in a hostile world that grips from the first page.