Oliver Twist or, The Parish Boy's Progress
NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Hardcover_cloth. 5.75"x8.5". 404 pages; Navy cloth quarter boards w/cream; teal paste downs. Gilt lettering on spine. No date. Reprint of third edition of 1841. Possibly BCE/BOMC. Not x-library, unmarkded. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Rub to heel of spine. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #10914
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne.
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens 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. Goodreads 3.87.
Price: $38.00