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London: Richard Bentley, 1839. Undetermined. very good. 2nd Edition. [ii], [1], 2-331; [ii], [1], 2-307; [ii], [1], 2-315pp. Small octavo. Three volumes. Contemporary half green pebbled calf over marbled boards. Discrete professional restoration to spine and corners. Spine in 6 compartments with gilt titles to second. Raised bands flanked with double gilt ruling. Some chipping to marbled papers on edges of boards. Plates browned, else very clean internally. Lacking half titles. very good A nicely bound second edition of Charles Dickens' beloved Oliver Twist, issued just one year after the first edition and in the original Triple Decker format. With the 24 engravings by George Cruikshank that are included in the first edition. This second novel by Charles Dickens introduced Oliver Twist, who has endured as one of the most compelling child protagonists in fiction. An excellent set of this classic in an attractive contemporary binding. 1839
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
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137895
- Title
- Oliver Twist
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- 19th Century British Literature|19th Century Literature|Charles Dickens|Classics|English Literature|Oliver Twist
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Marbled boards
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- Pebbled
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- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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- Chipping
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