Oliver Twist

Name: Oliver Twist
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN: 9781908153418

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Abridged: 2 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: CSA Word

Published: 09/07/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked many readers when it was first published. Dickens' tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark, criminal underworld of a London people by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes, and Nancy, the prostitute with a heart of gold. Oliver Twist remains one of Dickens' best-loved stories, and is an ongoing source and inspiration for various musical and film productions.

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was born in Portsmouth, and grew up in Kent and London. He began contributing to periodicals in his twenties, publishing his first book in 1836. He published magazines and serialised novels throughout his career, achieving international fame for his writing and public readings. David Copperfield was first published as a serial between 1849 and 1850, and as a book in 1850.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Oliver Twist THE BOOK is crap and has NO songs in it, I couldn't believe it. So I googled and get this, it turns out they put those in the movie and Dickens had nothing to do with it! But since they were the best bit of the film, you can understand my horror and bereft sense of disappointment when I......more

Goodreads review by Emma

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Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf

The dawn of the use of social criticism as main plot element while overusing the modern readers' tolerance for suspension of disbelief by making the whole story a bit too unrealistic optimistic and too full of coincidences, a kind of trademark of Dickens work as he didn´t MacGuffined and Chekhoved e......more