Oliver Twist
Title:
Oliver Twist
Author:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
ISBN:
9780099582632
Publication Information:
London : Vintage, 2013
Physical Description:
ix, 694 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Series:
Vintage classics
Series Title:
Vintage classics
Abstract:
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
Subject:
| Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Criminals -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction |
| Juvenile delinquents -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction |
| Young adult fiction |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
Summary:
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