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Oliver Twist

The beautifully reproduced early edition corrected by Charles Dickens in 1867-68, illustrated by George Cruikshank with bonus photographs

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- The 1868 edition corrected by Dickens in 1867-68.

- Includes a preface by Dickens, plus an editor's note.

- Contains all 12 of George Cruikshank's original illustrations.

- Also contains 16 photographs from the Her Majesty's Theatre performance of Oliver Twist.

- Fully-searchable table of contents.

- Exquisitely formatted and presented in e-book form.

Dickens' exceptional second novel tells the story of orphan boy Oliver Twist, who escapes the misery of the workhouse only to fall in with a gang of London crooks, led by the legendary Fagin.

The literary masterpiece uses dark humour to shine a light on the real poverty blighting London life in the 19th century, as Dickens – himself once a child labourer – explains in the rare foreword to this Apostrophe Books edition.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 26, 2010
      The inimitable Martin Jarvis brings his talents to bear on Charles Dickens's classic in an audiobook that will delight listeners with its superb recreations of gritty 19th-century London. To escape Mr. Bumble and life in the workhouse, Oliver flees to London where he meets the Artful Dodger and becomes embroiled with Fagin's ragtag band of thieves. Jarvis simply dazzles: his performance captures both the humor and sorrow of the text, his narration is crisp, and his characterizations—his rendition of the terrifying district magistrate, Mr. Fang, is particularly memorable—are as varied as they are energetic, befitting, and enjoyable.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 2, 1996
      A Twist of Beauty An inviting design may inspire readers of a newly abridged edition of Charles Dickens's classic Oliver Twist to join the hero in asking, please sir, for more. Christian Birmingham spots nearly every page of text with a small, charcoal-gray image, and complements important scenes with full-page color illustrations. Birmingham's hues are predominantly deep, somber and gritty, but not without occasional flashes of royal blues and golds. Text is shaded in the faintest yellow, soft on the eye.

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:990
  • Text Difficulty:5-7

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