When Oliver Twist asks for more food it changes his life for ever. He flees his dreary life in the workhousebut enters a much more dangerous place - the dark streets of London. Oliver is soon in the clutches ofFagin and his gang of pickpockets, before eventually finding a true friend. But his happiness is short-livedas Fagin and the violent Bill Sikes are determined to drag Oliver back into a life of crime...517 pages. Complete & unabridged.
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Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 288 Vendor: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 2010 Dimensions: 5.00 X 7.25 (inches)
A beautiful new edition of this much-loved classic.
When Oliver Twist asks for more food it changes his life for ever. He flees his dreary life in the workhouse but enters a much more dangerous place - the dark streets of London. Oliver is soon in the clutches of Fagin and his gang of pickpockets, before eventually finding a true friend. But his happiness is short-lived as Fagin and the violent Bill Sikes are determined to drag Oliver back into a life of crime...
This wonderful tale by Charles Dickens, featuring everybody's favorite orphan, is the latest welcome addition to the Oxford Children's Classics series.
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Other Oxford Children's Classics: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, Flambards, Heidi, Jack Holborn, Little Women, Party Shoes, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Call of the Wild, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Jungle Book, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island.