Oliver Twist (Annotated) - Charles Dickens

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Résumé :
Read about the cruelty of the industrial age The definitive editionFeatures an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens Large Print editions available in hardback and paperback Oliver Twist is a young boy down on his luck. This young orphan runs away to London, and soon joins a gang of young pickpockets under the command of Fagin, a professional thief. Then, we follow his thrilling adventures and the heart-wrenching tale of his misfortune and how he tries to get ahead in life despite the horrifying conditions that the early 19th-century imposed on children, specially those that were orphans: extreme poverty, hunger, child labour, and abuse.Please, sir, I want some more. Accompany young Twist as he tries to overcome his fate. He does his best to survive despite the difficult situation he was born in. Will he end up becoming an honest member of society or will his misdemeanors end up landing him in jail? Discover it by yourself and you will soon realize why this book is considered a classic. It is one of Charles Dickens's most well known and loved tales ! Get your copy of this classic today!

Biographie:
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms.