Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics, 2003. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7. Published in Penguin Classics 2002, Reprinted in 2003 with revised Dickens' chronology by Stephen Wall. 4th printing. Trade Paperback in Fair Condition. "OLIVER TWIST, or, The Parish Boys' Progress". Edited and with Introduction and Notes by Philip Horne. Over 20 b/w illustrations Cover is clean, worn, three creases to front, wear to extremities. Glued binding tight. Pages all quite clean and unmarked, faintly toned. Good reading and study copy to take with you wherever you go. The tale of an orphan who is reared in a workhouse, runs away to London where he is captured by thieves and finally escapes--you will meet Fagin, the master thief; the Artful Dodger, the murderer Bill Sikes, along with other Dicken's sentimental and comical characters. Includes: List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Dickens Chronology, Further Reading, A Note on the Text. Appendix: The Author's Introduction to the Third Edition9(1841); Preface to the 'Cheap Edition'(1850); Glossary of Thieves' Cant and Slang and Some Unusual Words; List of Chapters; Map of London in 1837; Notes; Selected Textual Variants. liii, 554 pages. 8vo. 2003, PenguinClassics. ISBN 0141439742