Oliver Twist & Me
The True Story of my Family and Charles Dickens's best-loved novel
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2026
Little, Brown (Verlag)
978-0-349-13639-4 (ISBN)
Little, Brown (Verlag)
978-0-349-13639-4 (ISBN)
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A dual biography of Charles Dickens and orphan boy Robert Blincoe, the orphan boy whose story Dickens used for Oliver Twist-by Robert's descendant novelist Nicholas Blincoe.
"A fascinating family and social history and a savage indictment of the role of child slavery in the growth of the Industrial Revolution," Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time
"A fascinating dual story," Edel Coffey, The Gloss
We all think we know the tale. As a child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a mouldering Thames-side blacking factory, an event that scarred him for life and inspired Oliver Twist. Except that's only part of the story.
In reality, Dickens appropriated the stories of foundlings and orphans - including Robert Blincoe, whose memoir supplied the source material for his great novel of childhood. In Oliver Twist & Me, novelist Nicholas Blincoe presents a dual biography of Dickens and his great-great-great-grandfather Robert, showing how the story of an orphan took off in different directions, helping Dickens project himself as an inimitable literary one-off, just as Robert's memoir of a workhouse boy gave a voice to the masses.
From London and Kent to the factories of Manchester, Blincoe retraces the steps of both men, along the way discovering the Camden workhouse that inspired Dickens and revisiting the great stage musical. His journeys with his family and his dog Fredo lead him to an affectionate reassessment of a beloved classic, while also revealing how Dickens shaped the story of his lonely childhood to suppress his debt to his family, hide his affairs and, as his career ignited, abandon the people who had helped him.
By playing off the lives of a working-class hero and a classic author, Oliver Twist & Me reveals Dickens - and his world - as they have never been seen before.
"A fascinating family and social history and a savage indictment of the role of child slavery in the growth of the Industrial Revolution," Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time
"A fascinating dual story," Edel Coffey, The Gloss
We all think we know the tale. As a child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a mouldering Thames-side blacking factory, an event that scarred him for life and inspired Oliver Twist. Except that's only part of the story.
In reality, Dickens appropriated the stories of foundlings and orphans - including Robert Blincoe, whose memoir supplied the source material for his great novel of childhood. In Oliver Twist & Me, novelist Nicholas Blincoe presents a dual biography of Dickens and his great-great-great-grandfather Robert, showing how the story of an orphan took off in different directions, helping Dickens project himself as an inimitable literary one-off, just as Robert's memoir of a workhouse boy gave a voice to the masses.
From London and Kent to the factories of Manchester, Blincoe retraces the steps of both men, along the way discovering the Camden workhouse that inspired Dickens and revisiting the great stage musical. His journeys with his family and his dog Fredo lead him to an affectionate reassessment of a beloved classic, while also revealing how Dickens shaped the story of his lonely childhood to suppress his debt to his family, hide his affairs and, as his career ignited, abandon the people who had helped him.
By playing off the lives of a working-class hero and a classic author, Oliver Twist & Me reveals Dickens - and his world - as they have never been seen before.
Nicholas Blincoe is the author of six novels, winning the CWA Silver Dagger for his crime novel, MANCHESTER SLINGBACK. His non-fiction books include include a deeply personal history of Bethlehem - his home for a decade - which won praise from figures as diverse as President Jimmy Carter and historian Peter Frankopan, with starred reviews in the New York Review of Books.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.9.2026 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-349-13639-4 / 0349136394 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-13639-4 / 9780349136394 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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