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Oliver Twist

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4 out of 5
Based on 93,408 Ratings and 3,167 Reviews

Book Description
Dickens's second novel is a scalding indictment of child labor and the English Poor Laws, centering on the travails of an innocent child Orphaned at birth and abandoned to the hardships of the workhouse, Oliver Twist lives a grueling life of poverty. Desperate to escape his heartless tormenters, he runs away to start a better life in London but, once there, he is befriended by a young pickp... More
Book Information
PublisherRandom House Uk
BindingPaperback (118 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages480
ISBN-100099533464
ISBN-13978-0099533467
Publication Date03/01/2014
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About Charles Dickens (Author) : Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Critics George Gissing an... more
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About Peter Ackroyd (Introduction) : Peter Ackroyd is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Peter Ackroyd include The Life of Thomas More (Anne of Green Gables Novels... more
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