Oliver Twist
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified],, [2015].
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 26 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PR4567.D535 2015
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified],, [2015].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 11.3, 33 Points
Lexile measure
990

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"Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837?9. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin. Oliver Twist is notable for Dickens's unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid?nineteenth century. The alternate title, The Parish Boy's Progress, alludes to Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, as well as the 18th-century caricature series by William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress and A Harlot's Progress. An early example of the social novel, Dickens satirizes the hypocrisies of his time, including child labour, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of working as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well. Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous adaptations, for various media, including a highly successful musical play, Oliver!, and the multiple Academy Award winning 1968 motion picture"--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, C. (2015). Oliver Twist . [publisher not identified], .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles. 2015. Oliver Twist. [publisher not identified].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist [publisher not identified], 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist [publisher not identified], , 2015.

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