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Oliver Twist [electronic resource]

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The new Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in which he defended himself against hostile criticism, and includes all 24 original illustrations by George Cruikshank. Stephen Gill's groundbreaking Introduction gives a fascinating new account of the novel. He also provides appendices on Dickens and Cruikshank, on Dickens's Preface and theNewgate Novel Controversy, on Oliver Twist and the New Poor Law and on thieves' slang. - ;The new Oxford World's Classics editi

Title Oliver Twist [electronic resource].
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK
Creation Date 1999
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content Cover
Copyright Page
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Charles Dickens
OLIVER TWIST
List of Illustrations
The Author's Preface to the Third Edition
Appendix 1: Dickens and Cruikshank
Appendix 2: The Preface to Oliver Twist and the Newgate Novel Controversy
Appendix 3: Oliver Twist and the New Poor Law
Appendix 4: The Thieves' Language in Oliver Twist
Explanatory Notes
Footnotes
Series Oxford World's Classics
Extent 1 online resource (846 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010720190605171
MARC RECORDS
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