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Oliver Twist: Ladybird Classics


Classics

No. of pages 56

Published: 2008

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Born in the workhouse, Oliver Twist has known nothing but hunger and misery. He runs away to London to start a better life, but falls in with the wicked Fagin and his gang of thieves. Just when everything seems hopeless, events take an unexpected turn.

 

This book features in the following series: Classics, Ladybird Minis .

There are 56 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.

This book contains the following story:

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.

This book is in the following series:

Classics
This Classics series provides an accessible route into our rich literary heritage. It showcases powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time - Oliver Twist,Black Beauty,Macbeth,Wuthering Heights adapted by top children's authorsto ensure the stories are accessible to younger readers. The books fall within book bands dark blue and dark red.

Ladybird Minis

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