Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Philip Horne (Notes)

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'The power of Dickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive' WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers with its depiction of a dark criminal underworld 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, Oliver Twist 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.

Edited with an Introduction and notes by PHILIP HORNE

  • ISBN10 0141439742
  • ISBN13 9780141439747
  • Publish Date 27 March 2003 (first published 1 January 1838)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 10 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics