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Oliver Twist

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4 out of 5
Based on 157,441 Ratings and 7,426 Reviews

Book Description
Oliver Twist is a classic tale of a boy of unknown parentage born in a workhouse and brought up under the cruel conditions to which pauper children were exposed in the Victorian England. With this novel, Dickens did not merely write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality. He created a moral fable about the survival of good, ... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (221 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages544
ISBN-100199536260
ISBN-13978-0199536269
Publication Date07/15/2008
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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 Stephen Gill (Contributor, Introduction) : Stephen Gill is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Stephen Gill include The Eustace Diamonds (Penguin Classics), The Last Chronicle of Barset (Oxford World's Classics),... more
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About Kathleen Tillotson (Editor) : Kathleen Tillotson is a published editor. Published credits of Kathleen Tillotson include Oliver Twist (Oxford World's Classics), Barnaby Rudge (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens).
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11/9/2008 Kathleen Elizabeth Peaua tagged as: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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