Oliver Twist: Or, The Parish Boy's Progress
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the grimy underworld of Victorian London, a young orphan boy named Oliver Twist dares to ask for more — and in doing so, sets off a chain of events that will drag him through the darkest corners of society. Charles Dickens' masterwork chronicles Oliver's harrowing journey from the cruel confines of a workhouse, into the clutches of a den of thieves led by the cunning Fagin, and through the treacherous streets of a city where poverty and crime are inseparable companions. With biting social satire and a melodramatic urgency that never relents, Dickens constructs a world of stark contrasts — between innocence and corruption, wealth and destitution, cruelty and unexpected kindness. First serialised between 1837 and 1839, Oliver Twist stands as one of the first novels in the English language to centre on a child protagonist, and its indictment of the Victorian Poor Laws remains as forceful today as it was upon publication. Dickens' prose alternates between savage irony and tender pathos, populating the narrative with some of literature's most indelible characters — the sinister Bill Sikes, the tragic Nancy, and the unforgettable Artful Dodger. A novel that refuses to flinch from the ugliness of its age, it leaves the reader wondering how much, if anything, has truly changed.
Author: Charles Dickens
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the grimy underworld of Victorian London, a young orphan boy named Oliver Twist dares to ask for more — and in doing so, sets off a chain of events that will drag him through the darkest corners of society. Charles Dickens' masterwork chronicles Oliver's harrowing journey from the cruel confines of a workhouse, into the clutches of a den of thieves led by the cunning Fagin, and through the treacherous streets of a city where poverty and crime are inseparable companions. With biting social satire and a melodramatic urgency that never relents, Dickens constructs a world of stark contrasts — between innocence and corruption, wealth and destitution, cruelty and unexpected kindness. First serialised between 1837 and 1839, Oliver Twist stands as one of the first novels in the English language to centre on a child protagonist, and its indictment of the Victorian Poor Laws remains as forceful today as it was upon publication. Dickens' prose alternates between savage irony and tender pathos, populating the narrative with some of literature's most indelible characters — the sinister Bill Sikes, the tragic Nancy, and the unforgettable Artful Dodger. A novel that refuses to flinch from the ugliness of its age, it leaves the reader wondering how much, if anything, has truly changed.