Oliver Twist

ISBN-13: 9780099511939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 415 str.

Charles Dickens

Opis

An orphan living on the dangerous London streets, Oliver has no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. The capital's underworld--replete with prostitutes, thieves and lost and homeless children--are displayed in this realistic and gritty look at the disadvantaged and abused.

Recenzje

An unforgettable journey into criminal behaviour that takes me back to my own childhood fantasies Malcolm McLaren Guardian

O autorze

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.