Product Description

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Product Details

• Published on: 1996-11-01
• Released on: 1996-11-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Review
I love all of Dickens Jo Brand I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet Donna Tartt He's a marvellous writer ... He's very, very good William Trevor Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature Sunday Express Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens The Times My all-time favourite author is Charles Dickens Lesley Pearse There's only one Charles Dickens Nick Hornby

Synopsis
This volume is part of the "New Longman Literature" series of modern and classic novels, short stories and plays. Each book in the series provides the complete, original text; a section by or about the writer; and a study programme and guidance on keeping a reading log.

From the Back Cover
Orphaned at birth and abandoned to the hardships of the workhouse, Oliver Twist lives a gruelling life of poverty. Desperate to escape his heartless tormenters, he runs away to start a better life in London but, once there, he is befriended by a young pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger, who introduces him to Fagin and his gang of thieves. A chance encounter gives Oliver the opportunity to escape the criminal underworld but Fagin won’t let him get away so easily. And just when everything seems hopeless, events take a most unexpected turn … This special edition features an exclusive introduction by the highly acclaimed writer Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain’s leading literary biographers.