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... or The Parish Boy's Progress. Copyright edition. x+438 pp. 15,7x12 cm. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1843.
--- Clothbound, gilt lettering on spine, blindstamped decoration on covers. Tight binding.
Synopsis
Oliver Twist , published in 1838, became one of English writer Charles Dickens's better-known stories and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. Oliver Twist ( Parish Boy's Progress ) focuses on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by an elderly criminal Fagin . The book shows an unromantic portrayal of criminals and the treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.
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- Bookseller
- Pelargos Bookstore, MBS (GR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246
- Title
- Oliver Twist
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1843
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th century
- Size
- 15,7x12 cm.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...