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Oliver Twist (Paperback)
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Oliver Twist (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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List price R252
Loot Price R185
Discovery Miles 1 850
You Save R67 (27%)
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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, a
romance, and a gripping story in which he exploited suspense and
violence more effectively than any of his contemporaries. The new
Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the
authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text
of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in which he defended
himself against hostile criticism, and includes all twenty-four
original illustrations by George Cruikshank. Stephen Gill's
groundbreaking introduction gives a fascinating new account of the
novel. He also provides appendices on Dickens and Cruikshank, on
Dickens's Preface and the Newgate Novel Controversy, on Oliver
Twist and the New Poor Law, and on thieves' slang.
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