&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&ROliver Twist&&L/I&&R, by
&&LB&&RCharles Dickens&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&R&&LI&&RBarnes &
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Dickens's most popular novels, &&LI&&ROliver Twist&&L/I&&R is the story
of a young orphan who dares to say, "Please, sir, I want some more."
After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born,
Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is
unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this
band of petty thieves Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant
characters who have captured readers' imaginations for more than 150
years: the loathsome Fagin, the beautiful and tragic Nancy, the crafty
Artful Dodger, and perhaps one of the greatest villains of all time--the
terrifying Bill Sikes.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RRife with Dickens's disturbing
descriptions of street life, the novel is buoyed by the purity of the
orphan Oliver. Though he is treated with cruelty and surrounded by
coarseness for most of his life, his pious innocence leads him at last
to salvation--and the shocking discovery of his true
identity.&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&RFeatures
illustrations by George Cruikshank. &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R
&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&RJill
Muller&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R &&L/B&&Rwas born in England and educated at Mercy
College and Columbia University, and currently teaches at Mercy College
and Columbia University. She is working on a book on the Victorian poet
Gerard Manley Hopkins, to be published by Routledge.
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