Oliver Twist: Or The Parish Boy?S Progress - 9781533269522

The story that shocked readers when it was first published, of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves. 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, 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.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: May 15, 2016

Number of Pages: 450 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1533269521

ISBN-13: 9781533269522