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Oliver Twist

By Charles Dickens

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"Oliver Twist" was published by LibriVox in 2019-09-29 and the language of the book is English.

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Title: Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Language: English
Publisher: LibriVox
Publish Date: 2019-09-29

“Oliver Twist” Subjects and Themes:

Subjects: ➤ Bildungsromans - Boys - Brigands and robbers - British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) - British fiction - Children - Children's fiction - Children's stories - Classic - Coming of age - Criminals - Criminels - Criticism and interpretation - Customs - Enfants pauvres - English language - English literature - Fiction - fiction classics - Historical fiction - History - Identity (Psychology) - Juvenile fiction - Kidnapping - Kidnapping victims - Literature - Literature and fiction - Manners and customs - Manuels pour allophones - Missing persons - Novels - Orphans - Poor children - Poverty - Readers - Robbers and outlaws - Social conditions - Social life - Social life and customs - Sources - Stories - Street life - Thieves - Victimes d'enlèvement - Victims - Vie dans la rue - YA - Young adult - serials - workhouses - child labour - domestic violence - street children - Kidnap victims - Pickpockets - English fiction - Orphans -- Juvenile drama - Children's plays, English - London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile drama - Poor - Dickens, charles , 1812-1870 - Twist, oliver - Kidnapping victims--fiction - Criminals--fiction - Orphans--fiction - Boys--fiction - Pr4567.a2 k35 1993 - 823/.8 - Criminals, fiction - London (england), fiction - Fiction, coming of age - Crime, fiction - Large type books - Orphans, fiction - Robbers and outlaws, fiction - England, fiction - Language and languages - Drama - Literature, british isles - London (england), history, fiction - Fiction, psychological - Fiction, mystery & detective, general - Children's plays - Plays - Fiction, historical, general - English language, juvenile literature - Fiction, general - Long Now Manual for Civilization - Romans, nouvelles - Oliver Twist (Fictitious character) - Adventure stories - Bookplate
People: ➤ Oliver Twist (Fictional Character) - Mr Bumble - Oliver Twist - Mr. Sowerberry - Mrs Sowerberry - Mrs. Mann - Noah Claypole - Charlotte - Mr. Gamfield - Mr. Brownlow - Mr. Grimwig - Mrs. Bedwin - Rose Maylie - Lindsay Maylie - Harry Maylie - Mr. Losberne - Mr. Giles - Mr. Brittles - Duff - Blathers - Fagin - Bill Sikes - Bull's Eye - Artful Dodger - Charley Bates - Toby Crackit - Nancy - Bet - Barney - Agnes Fleming - Mr. Leeford - Old Sally - Mrs. Corney - Monks - Monks's mother - Mr. Fang - Tom Chitling
Places: ➤ England - London - Mudfog - Newgate Prison - Great Britain - London (England)
Time: 19th Century

Edition Specifications:

Format: Digital Audio

Edition Identifiers:

The Open Library ID: OL44893160M - OL8193478W

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Snippets and Summary:

AMONG other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a work-house; and in this work-house was born-on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events-the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter.

"Oliver Twist" Description:

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Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradation and impoverishment of the London underworld and its denizens. Dickens utilises the environment and characters to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime. The plot of this novel centres around and follows the journey of the parish boy "Oliver Twist." Oliver has been in the parish orphanage all his short life, a place overcrowded and constantly short of food. When Oliver has the temerity to ask for more after the evening meal of gruel he astonishes and horrifies the parish board and the parish beadle. They promptly sell him on to the local undertaker for the princely sum of 5 pounds. Oliver runs away and thus the journey begins! Oliver is drawn unwittingly into the London criminal underworld by a superbly characterised pickpocket; one known as 'The Artful Dodger' a streetwise, flamboyant boy who is a master at his craft. He is introduced to the unscrupulous Jew named 'Fagin' who controls the complete gang of pickpockets and ruffians. Oliver is uncomfortable in this den of iniquity and absconds, he is sheltered by a man who spots something about Oliver's demeanour and features which lead him to investigate his parentage. Before long Oliver is retaken by the bullying, insensitive criminal housebreaker 'Bill Sykes' and once more finds himself caught in Fagin's coils. As the plot unwinds we meet many finely drawn good and bad characters, and the vivid descriptions of the seamier side of London in that period are superlative. - Summary by Peter Keeble

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