From the roly-poly guinea pigs who brought you A Guinea Pig Nativity
and A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudicecomes this adorable adaptation of
Dickens' beloved novel Oliver Twist!
We've admired guinea pigs in bonnets edged with delicate lace and dapper
top hats in A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice, swooning over the love
between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. We've oohed and ahhed over
guinea pigs in the sweet, hay-filled manger in A Guinea Pig Nativity.
Now, in A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist, we'll delight in the adorable
little pigs with expressive eyes dressed in the tattered rags of street
urchins and orphans that roamed the streets in gritty 19th-century
London.
At only nine years old, Oliver Twist is transferred from an orphanage to
a workhouse for adults. He is sold to an undertaker as an apprentice,
and finally escapes to London, where he joins a gang of pickpocketing
street urchins led by Fagin, an older criminal.
But young Oliver isn't made for a life of crime, and is upset when his
compatriots steal an elderly gentleman's handkerchief. Mr. Brownlow, the
owner of the handkerchief, senses Oliver's true nature and takes him in,
but the band of thieves won't let Oliver live a straight and narrow
life; they kidnap him and drag him back into a life on the street.
Forced to assist in a burglary, Oliver is shot and again taken in by the
victims of the crime. One of the women, it turns out, is his aunt, and
once Mr. Brownlow formally adopts Oliver, they all begin a blissful life
in the country.
This compact little book is illustrated by dozens of photographs of our
favorite guinea pig actors and actresses.
