Oliver Twist slipper undan fattighuset med alla dess grymheter och hamnar i London. Där faller han i klorna på skurken Fagin och hans band av ficktjuvar, som utnyttjar Olivers godtrogenhet. Kommer Oliver någonsin att hitta det lyckliga, trygga hem h…
Stackars Oliver Twist! Det finns nog inte någon människa som vill byta plats med denna godhjärtade och tappre pojke, vars ensamstående mor dör i barnsäng så att han tvingas tillbringa sina första år på ett avskyvärt fattighus. Ensam och sårbar växer…
I Oliver Twist möts grovkornig realism och skarp satir över ett hycklande rättssystem. Oliver Twist är föräldralös och hamnar på ett barnhem som han kastas ut ifrån efter att ha bett om en bit mat till. Tillsammans med andra hemlösa barn värvas Oliv…
På ett fattighus i England föddes Oliver Twist. Hans mamma dog efter födseln och ingen visste vem hon var. Oliver fick växa upp på barnhem där livet var hemskt. Han rymde till London där han hamnade i en ökänd tjuvliga, ledd av mästertjuven Fagin. H…
En julsaga är Charles Dickens mest berömda bok och antagligen också världens mest lästa historia om julen. Här får vi följa Ebenezer Scrooge, en snål och elak affärsman som går igenom en total förvandling och blir en god människa efter att ha hemsök…
Förutom att vara Charles Dickens överlägset mest berömda verk är det sannolikt världens mest lästa bok om julen. En julsaga [1843] berättar historien om Ebenezer Scrooge, en snål och elak kapitalist som genomgår en total omvändelse och blir en god m…
Världens mest lästa bok om julen berättar historien om Ebenezer Scrooge, snål och elak kapitalist som genomgår total omvändelse och blir en god man, efter att ha hemsökts av spöken på julaftonsnatten. En julsaga [1843] är Charles Dickens överlägset…
En riktigt god jul... blir det till slut i Charles Dickens En Julsaga. Men vägen dit är inte den vanliga. Med hjälp av övernaturliga krafter får den rike och elaka affärsmannen Scrooge en läxa, som på juldagsnatten förvandlar honom till en riktigt g…
Den föräldralöse Oliver Twist, född på ett fattighus, är gatubarn i London. Där hamnar han i klorna på den ökände skurken Fagin, som lär upp pojkarna till skickliga ficktjuvar. Fagins gäng gör gatorna osäkra och de råkar ut för många äventyr. Men de…
Charles Darnay gör allt för befria sig från sitt arv och sin historia. Men nu råkar han vara infödd i den styrande klassen i Frankrike. Vi befinner oss mitt i tiden för den franska revolutionen. Historien om två städer [A Tale of Two Cities, 1859] ä…
A Tale of Two Cities, a story of revolution, revenge and sacrifice, is one of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Dr…
A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle's great work - The Fren…
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Af…
Against the backdrop of growing discontent in Paris, Doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years of unjust imprisonment and begins a new life in England with his devoted daughter Lucie. There, the gifted but dissolute lawyer Sy…
Dickens's classic story of the French Revolution. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions,…
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricabl…
This brilliantly coloured tale of the French Revolution is an historical romance set in Paris and London. Famous for the character of Sidney Carton who sacrifices himself upon the guillotine' it is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done…
Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Pari…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the s…
Enlivened by James Mason's compassionate and dramatic style, this classic story of feuding families set against a backdrop of London and Paris during the French Revolution reveals the author's belief that from the ashes of the past can come the birt…
It's a tale of chaos, espionage and adventure set in two famous cities London and Paris prior to, and during, the French Revolution. This backdrop of social upheaval serves as a catalyst for the drama that unfolds in the lives of its main characters…
After 18 years of imprisonment in the Bastille, the devoted Doctor Manette is reunited with his daughter, the gentle Lucie, in England. There she captures the hearts of two very different men--Charles Darney, a banished French aristocrat, and Sydney…
A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Alexandre Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in…
A Tale of Two Cities is a classic novel by Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities is shorter and more compact than many of Dickens' novels and also more serious. Set in England and France during the French Revolution, it deals with ideas of grace and…
There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the S…
A classic tale of injustice and sacrifice set in London and Paris in the years surrounding the French Revolution, designed with a smaller format for easy portability.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is Charles Dickens second historical novel (his seventeenth novel overall). Set in London and Paris, both before and during the French Revolution, it depicts the plight of the French common citizens under the brutal oppre…
Sydney Carton is a lawyer who has wasted his abilities and his life. Now he has to make a difficult choice about what is really important to him, which could be a matter of life or death. The French Revolution is running its violent course; lives ar…
After years as a prisoner in the Bastille, Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter in England. There, two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer - are joined through their love for Lucie Manette. From tra…
Do you want to read A Tale of Two Cities? If so then keep reading... Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastil…
As the the bicentennary of the French Revolution draws near, Dickens' historical novel serves as a timely reminder of nineteenth-century reactions to that great upheaval. Set between 1757 and 1793, A Tale of Two Cities views the causes and effects o…
Doctor Manette, a prominent French Doctor, must flee Paris in the midst of the chaos that has ensued in what became known as the Reign of Terror. Fearing further persecution from his 18 maddening years of imprisonment in the Bastille of Paris, Docto…
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his releas…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring o…
A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United St…
One of the darkest and most romantic of Dickens' novels, A Tale of Two Cities was adapted for the stage by the dream team of Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud in 1935, but a planned West End production was never staged. It finally received its profe…
"Dickens mest politiska bok. Språket är lysande" BTJI Coketown har den industriella revolutionen redan börjat gå över i en kapitalistisk mardröm. Den förmögne Mr Gradgrind uppfostrar sina barn Tom och Louisa utifrån en krass utilitaristisk filosofi,…
Shows how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor.
Pip kommer från en fattig familj och bor i en liten by. Men så en dag förändras allt och han skickas till London för att lära sig att bli en gentleman. Men vem betalar för utbildningen och hans liv i London?Vi följer Pip under hans uppväxt i London…
Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel. It is his second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victori…
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a classic novel and a coming-of-age story where a young orphan is seeking to find his place in the world. The book is widely considered to be one the author's best works and also one of the greatest novels ev…
Pip bor i en liten by i England. Han är en fattig pojke utan föräldrar. Meningen är att han ska bli smed och gifta sig med någon i byn. Men plötsligt blir Pip rik. En helt ny värld öppnar sig för honom. Han flyttar till London och lär känna den olyc…
A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens' beloved book A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts ta…
'Christmas is the perfect time to share the magic of reading with your family and Scrooge's journey to redemption is still as thrilling, moving and joyous over 175 years after it was written. This has to be the perfect Christmas book' - Cressida Cow…
A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, s…
This book presents the story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley's ghost.
Includes illustrations from the original 1843 edition by "The Man Who Invented Christmas" - Charles Dickens! This paperback edition of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol recaptures the charm of the first edition. At a stocking stuffer price of just $…
Read the ultimate Christmas story of hope and redemption behind the recent BBC TV adaptation Ebenezer Scrooge despises Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of…
One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions First published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was an instant classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it in person and bought out the first printing in days. I…
I have endeavored in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.…
One bitter Christmas Eve, a cold-hearted miser is visited by four ghosts. Transported to worlds past, present and future, Ebenezer Scrooge witnesses what a lifetime of fear and selfishness has led to, and sees with fresh eyes the lonely life he has…
Fully illustrated, unabridged edition of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens with classic drawings throughout by Arthur Rackham. The tale was written in October 1843 to help supplement Charles Dickens's income and "strike a sledgehammer blo…
No holiday season is complete without Charles Dickens's timeless tale of redemption starring the tightfisted Mr. Scrooge, the long-suffering Bob Cratchit, kindhearted Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. But "A Christmas…
This version of the famous story contains nearly forty characters, but with reasonable doubling it can be performed by a cast of twenty - 10 men, 6 women, 2 boys and girls. The story of Scrooge's conversion from miserliness to benevolence contains s…
A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!'A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' a…
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A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books - a true classic and a Christmas must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show…
This is a beloved tale that will make the perfect present! "Unabridged Classics" are aimed at ages 10 years upwards with more than 330,000 copies sold! This is the unabridged story with insightful questions for discussion, fantastic artwork, a ribbo…
Charles Dickens (1812 70) was an established novelist when he decided to produce a Christmas story, which was written in only six weeks and published at the end of 1843. The book was an immediate bestseller, and had it not been for the very high pro…
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anythin…
Curl up with ultimate beloved Christmas classic! 'Bah! Humbug!' Mr Scrooge is a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, miserable old man. Nobody stops him in the street to say a cheery hello; nobody would dare ask him for a favour. And…
In his Ghostly little book, Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of the Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future…
In this luminous picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens' immortal classic, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge leaps off the page to warm the soul of one and all. Be swept away in an unforgettable Christmas Eve, from Scrooge's first "Bah, humbug!" to…
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the st…
Reproduction of the original: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spiritsof C…
Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's "A Christmas Carol" brings a boldly theatrical imagination to bear on a classic story. "Gets right to the frozen heart of Dickens' classic Chri…
Few readers need introduction to Charles Dickens's great Christmas classic of Ebenezer Scrooge, his dastardly treatment of his employees and family, and his "ba-humbug" attitude towards Christmas-all changed by a nightmarish sleep of visions of past…
Charles Dickens's much loved tale of the Christmas spirit is beautifully presented in this deluxe newly illustrated edition. Contemporary artist and illustrator Yelena Bryksenkova has created enchanting watercolour artwork to accompany Dickens's cla…
Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol is celebrated in this stunning deluxe silk-bound slip-case edition. The slip-case features a charming contemporary design, and the red silk book inside features decorative and festive silver lettering with…
In this classic volume illustrated by world-renowned artist Roberto Innocenti, the words and emotions of A Christmas Carol are brought to life with exceptional detail and clarity. Each unforgettable illustration portrays a world only Dickens could h…
The combined qualities of the realist and the idealist which Dickens possessed to a remarkable degree, together with his naturally jovial attitude toward life in general, seem to have given him a remarkably happy feeling toward Christmas, though the…
A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.…
'Bah, 'said Scrooge, 'Humbug.' But that was before he was presented with visions of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, which gave him a whole new lease of life: 'I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am a…
Emerging from Dickens's preoccupation in the early 1840s with issues of poverty, ignorance, and cruelty, this classic story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve, was first published in 1843 to strong reviews and popular succ…
Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale, first published in 1843, has become one of his best-known stories, and is here retold for younger readers.Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who lives alone in his cold house by night and torments his assistant…
Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old man with no friends or family to love him - he's just so miserable and bitter! One freezing cold Christmas Eve, Marley's Ghost pays Scrooge a visit and an eerie night-time journey begins. The Christmas spirits are here…
Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman, learns the true meaning of Christmas after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future.
"Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anythi…
Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' is a timeless classic that tells us the story of a miserly, hateful man called Ebenezer Scrooge and his journey towards the path of redemption. The story revolves around Scrooge's hatred for Christmas and those w…
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.And so begins the ultimate Christmas tale of ghosts, goodwill, and redemption.On Christmas Eve in Victorian London the snow-covered city is filled with joy and frivolity. Everywhe…
Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. A Christmas Carol has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas ever since it was first published in D…
Never out of print since its initial appearance in 1843, A Christmas Carol has been adapted countless times to the stage, radio, television, film and opera. The selfish miser Scrooge's name has become synonymous with greed and indifference to the we…
Miserable old miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas. Can somebody so selfish, so harsh and so horribly lonely ever change his ways? In one terrifying night, poor Scrooge is haunted by four ghosts. Why do they show him visions of his past? Why do th…
This classic seasonal tale of self-discovery has become one of Charles Dickens's most famous and best-loved works. On Christmas Eve the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him that…
After reading Christmas Carol, the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was "seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality" and threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The impact of the story may not always have been so dramatic but, along…
Dicken's most beloved story, "A Christmas Carol," is as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe and carolers. This heartwarming tale continues to stir in us the same feelings of repentance, forgiveness, and love that transformed Ebenezer Scrooge.
Den gamle och snåle Ebenezer Scrooge bryr sig bara om en sak – pengar. Han har inga vänner, gillar inte sin familj och hjälper aldrig någon. Men på julaftons natt blir han hemsökt av tre vålnader ... När Scrooge på julaftons natt blir hemsökt…
Oliver Twist är en föräldralös pojke som bor i ett fattighus. En dag får han inte längre vara kvar och hamnar på gatan. Vad ska hända med Oliver? Människor har i alla tider drömt om att kunna resa i tiden. Med här tar vi oss tillbaka till Dickens En…
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. 'A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none'. Da…
Oliver Twist is the second novel by Charles Dickens and one of his most beloved works. The book tells how Oliver is born as an orphan in a workhouse, is later sold into apprenticeship and finally ends up with a bunch of criminals who exploit him in…
A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs. The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist…
Romanen ingår i Audio Classics-serien. Du lyssnar/läser en älskad klassiker på originalspråket samtidigt som du förbättrar dina språkkunskaper. Texten är en bearbetad och förkortad version av originalromanen gjord av infödda språkpedagoger. Antingen…
Oliver Twist, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to…
Oliver Twist, also known as The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then…
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make…
Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter.Illustrations by George Cruickshank.Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains man…
Oliver Twist is one of Charles Dickens's most popular novels, with many famous film, television and musical adaptations. It tells the story of the orphaned Oliver who is brought up in a harsh workhouse, then initiated into the criminal world of Fagi…
Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villaino…
Tells the story of a poor orphan's adventures in the criminal underworld of mid-nineteenth-century London.
Dickens's tale of the young orphan, Oliver Twist, and his experiences in London. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions an…
Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads h…
Oliver is born in a workhouse. His single mother dies in childbirth and leaves him with no one to give him true care or attention, still Oliver thrives, in a certain sense. He grows up in the workhouse, and the horrors of his childhood seem all the…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Oliver Twist has asked for more!'Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in Lo…
Dickens' celebrated novel of innocence betrayed and then triumphant. It recreates the London underworld populated by such characters as Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy and the Artful Dodger, who are contrasted with the friends and family of the orphaned Ol…
The story of orphaned Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves and plunged into a dark criminal underworld of vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes…
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…
Do you want to read Oliver Twist? If so then keep reading... 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 be…
Oliver Twist's life has been a hard and desperate one. With his mother dying during his birth, and having no idea who his father was, Oliver has spent his first nine years struggling to survive in a world that has little pity for a poor orphansuch a…
In this retelling of Charles Dickins' classic tale, a poor workhouse orphan, Oliver, experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, who include a thief, a whore, and a pickpocket, are destined for gruesome ends, but…
This is an illustrated adaptation for children of the famous novel by Charles Dickens. In nineteenth-century England, a young boy named Oliver Twist is driven out of his orphanage. Placed with an undertaker who mistreats him, Oliver escapes and trav…
"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson "One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson"In Oliver Twist ...Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached."-George OrwellWi…
Oliver twist a SC a thing attack on the cruelty of society in Dickens's time, Oliver twist details the life of an unfortunate. Orphan of the same name. Moving from the workhouse to a gang of pickpockets to a kindly family, oliver's life goes through…
This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to its genial predecessor, The Pickwick Papers. Set against London's seedy back street slums, Oliver Twist is the saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a thieves' den, where some of Di…
Orphaned by his mother's death in childbirth and his father's mysterious absence, Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in the care of Mrs Mann. He is later sent to a workhouse and from there escapes to London. He meets Artful Dodger in Lon…
World's Classics Deluxe EditionThis book and other World's Classics Deluxe Edition are frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer′s, BBC's and The Telegraph's…
The ultimate illustrated children's edition of one of the greatest classic tales of all time.The miserable and hungry orphan Oliver Twist is forced to flee his wretched life at the workhouse and ends up alone in London. Innocent and vulnerable, youn…
It's a little melodrama, a little adventure, and a lot of fun to read. Complete and unabridged, this is Oliver Twist in an elegantly designed, cloth-bound, portable format.
"Oliver Twist" has always been among Dickens' most popular novels. It has been adapted for film, for the theatre and for television, and has also been turned into the stage musical Oliver! It tells the story of an unfortunate orphan boy from his ear…
Puffin Classics bring the very best children's stories to a new generation. The world-famous story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London, introduced by the hugely popular children's author, Garth Nix. After Oliver Twist asks…
As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperf…
In this powerful new adaptation of Dickens' classic novel, Neil Bartlett brings back to the theatre one of the angriest, funniest and most deeply felt stories about childhood ever written. Taking their inspiration from the vivid world of Victorian m…
Dickens's second novel is a scalding indictment of child labor and the English Poor Laws, centering on the travails of an innocent child Orphaned at birth and abandoned to the hardships of the workhouse, Oliver Twist lives a grueling life of poverty…
'Look here! Here's a jolly life! What's the odds where it comes from?' Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you'll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by…
Charles Dickens's famous second novel recounts the story of a boy born in the workhouse and raised in an infant farm as he tries to make his way in the world. This is a facsimile reprint edition.
In the dark, dangerous streets of Victorian London Oliver enters the world of people so poor and desperate that they will take any risk and know no mercy. Relentlessly pursued by the menacing criminal world, who should Oliver trust? Are his true fri…
Young Oliver Twist, orphaned at birth, lives a miserable life in the workhouse, until one day, he runs away and begins an adventure of discovery that leads him all the way to London... Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic…
'The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the possibility of a lucrative career in authorship is always compelling' Guardian Oliver is an orphan living on the danger…
One in a new series of fiction titles, each of them written by a master storyteller. Great writing, great entertainment and exceptional value.
This boxed set of Charles Dickens novels includes "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" and "Hard Times". The first two novels are introduced by Michael Slater while "Hard Times" is introduced by Philip Collins.
"Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters - Oliver Twist, Fagin, Na…
"Oliver Twist" was Charles Dickens' second novel, further establishing him as one of England's greatest writers of the 19th century. Set in London in the midst of an industrial revolution, the novel treats issues such as child labor, poverty, and cr…
This edition of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
A scholarly edition of a work by Charles Dickens. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
One of Dickens most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, his second novel, published in installments starting in February 1837 and continuing until 1838. Like many of his later novels, its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossess…
Pip doesn't expect much from life... His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned…
Introduction by John Irving - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations--until he is inexplicably elevated…
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more develop…
Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - now a major new film from director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter) - charts the course of orphan Pip Pirrip's life as it is transformed by a vast, mysterious inheritance. This Penguin Cl…
Great Expectations (+Biography and Bibliography) (Glossy Cover Finish): Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophi…
My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on…
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and is one of his most enduringly popular, having been…
My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on t…
