A beloved story, beautifully republished in this special, Scholastic Classics edition of Oliver Twist. "Please, sir, I want some more." When Oliver runs away from a workhouse and is taken in by a group of pickpockets and thieves, he finds himself plunged into a dark criminal underworld. Fagin, the Artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and kind-hearted Nancy all play their parts as Oliver struggles to survive and find his real family. A rich and unrivalled look at London poverty from arguablythe greatest novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens.
This is volume 2 in Scholastic Classics .
There are 560 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Scholastic .
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
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Oliver Twist
Orphaned Oliver spends nine years in an orphanage before being sent to a workhouse where he is bullied. Desperate to be rid of him the workhouse seek an apprenticeship and Oliver is sent to an undertakers. He falls out with his employers and runs away to London where he joins Fagin's gang of criminals, is caught and accused of pick pocketing but then rescued by kind Mr Brownlow. Unfortunately for Oliver, Fagin won't have that and recaptures him. Whilst on another job Oliver is saved a second time by Mrs Maylie. Fagin - in league with Oliver's (unknown) half brother - seeks to capture him again so his true identity cannot be revealed. But eventually he is outwitted, Oliver is reunited with Mr Brownlow and discovers his true inheritance.
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Fagin
This book features the character Fagin.
Oliver
