Oliver Twist (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)

Oliver Twist (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket) - Hardcover

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Oliver Twist (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)

Oliver Twist (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket) - Hardcover

$71.98
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by Charles Dickens (Author)

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket

A starving orphan dares to ask for more-and sets off a chain of events that will thrust him into the darkest corners of London's underworld. Snatched from the workhouse and drawn into a gang of thieves led by the cunning Fagin, he must navigate a world of deception, cruelty, and danger. Yet, amidst the city's shadows, unexpected kindness offers him a glimmer of hope and the chance for a different life. With powerful enemies closing in, his fate hangs in the balance, caught between the grip of corruption and the possibility of redemption.

Exposing the grim realities of poverty, child labor, and the brutal workhouse system, Oliver Twist shocked Victorian readers and fueled social reform. Through its vivid depiction of London's criminal underworld and the exploitation of orphans, it gave a voice to society's most vulnerable. Blending gripping storytelling with scathing social critique, it challenged the era's rigid class structures and moral hypocrisy. More than just a tale of hardship, it remains a powerful testament to resilience, justice, and the fight for a better world.

Number of Pages: 400
Dimensions: 1 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: February 25, 2025
ISBN9781998736232
Author Charles Dickens
PublisherRevive Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages400
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

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