Oliver Twist

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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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Great submitted by ftan on June 16, 2013, 7:30pm Although this book may be difficult to get into, and you may be rereading quite a bit to follow Dicken's writing, it is a great read. You can't help but feel sorrow and a connection to dear Oliver and cling onto every moment of his journey.

oliver twist submitted by sandri on August 8, 2018, 7:06pm i loved this book. It had a great ending.

Roguish melodrama and a fairy-tale romance submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on August 22, 2019, 11:35am Oliver is a passive victim of institutionalized violence in the workhouse but escapes. After a stint at Fagin's underworld den, he is finally united with his aunt, and adopted to become a middle-class child by his rescuer, Mr. Brownlow

Oliver Twist submitted by SBNB on August 18, 2022, 5:07pm This is a classic that has been adapted a gazillion times, and so it's definitely worth reading the original. It's a good story.