Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens ; abridged by Robin Waterfield. - [Abridged ed.] - London, England : Penguin Books, 1994, c1837. - 346 p. ; 20 cm. - Puffin classics. .

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This is a story of a young boy's ... adventures on the streets of London. Until he is nine, Oliver spends his life in a workhouse orphanage where he becomes notorious for daring to ask for more food. When he runs away to London, he falls into the company of a gang of pickpockets including Fagin, Bill Sikes and the Artful Dodger. Oliver's future looks uncertain, until a mysterious plot against him is unravelled by the kind Mr. Brownlow.

ISBN: 0140368140 (pbk.) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--Fiction.