Oliver Twist (eBook)

Charles Dickens (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
426 Seiten
Saga Egmont International (Verlag)
978-91-7639-283-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Oliver Twist, also known as The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, ...

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"e;Please, sir, I want some more,"e; Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments, Oliver Twist (1839) is Charles Dickens' second - and hugely successful - novel. It introduced the concept of the child protagonist in the Victorian novel, and while doing so, plainly criticised the social injustices in England.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Kopenhagen
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• ISBN-10: 91-7639-283-X / 917639283X
• ISBN-13: 978-91-7639-283-6 / 9789176392836