Hard Cover
1949 · London
by Dickens, Charles
London: Macdonald, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Cruikshank, George. Includes acetate jacket. Chips and tears to jacket. Edges rubbed. 1949 Hard Cover. xvii, 451 pp. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate (truncated)