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Oliver Twist
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Condition
- Original brown blindstamped ribbed cloth, gilt spine, minor wear at head and bottom of spine, else Very Good. Text very clean
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert P. Bixby & Co. No. 3 Park Row, opposite Astor House, 1842. Fourth Edition. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 314pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown blindstamped ribbed cloth, gilt spine, minor wear at head and bottom of spine, else Very Good. Text very clean. Cruikshank, George. Fourth Edition. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 314pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304371
- Title
- Oliver Twist
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 314pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original brown blindstamped ribbed cloth, gilt spine, minor wear at head and bottom of spine, else Very Good. Text very clean
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Robert P. Bixby & Co. No. 3 Park Row, opposite Astor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1842
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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