Everyman Oliver Twist Диккенс Чарльз

Издание "Оливера Твиста" Чарльза Диккенса из серии Penguin English Library • История сироты из работного дома - смиренного, полуголодного чернорабочего, который бежит из работного дома и на грязных лондонских задворках попадает в логово воров • Диккенс пишет о детской невинности в окружении зла и жестокости, изображает темный преступный мир Лондона XIX столетия, населенный яркими, запоминающимися персонажами • Книга на английском языке • The Penguin English Library Edition of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens • 'A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none' • Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets

"Приключения Оливера Твиста" - второй опубликованный роман Чарльза Диккенса и одно из самых популярных его произведений. История сироты, который бежит из работного дома и попадает в логово воров, потрясла читателей, когда была опубликована впервые. Диккенс пишет о детской невинности в окружении зла и жестокости, изображает темный преступный мир Лондона XIX столетия, населенный яркими, запоминающимися персонажами • Книга на английском языке • Puffin Classics bring the very best children's stories to a new generation • The world-famous story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London, introduced by the hugely popular children's author, Garth Nix • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London

Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back • With an inspirational and light-hearted introduction by Garth Nix

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers with its depiction of a dark criminal underworld peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic romance, the Newgate novel and popular melodrama, Oliver Twist created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery

A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs • The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back

Чарльз Диккенс уже приобрел известность благодаря "Запискам Пиквикского клуба". С "Оливером Твистом" его репутация укрепилась. В романе поднимается много классических тем Диккенса - ужасающая бедность, отчаяние, страх, искушение и конечное торжество добра перед лицом великих невзгод • В "Оливере Твисте" представлены некоторые из самых стойких персонажей автора, такие как сам Оливер (который осмеливается просить большего), деспотичный Бамбл, дьявольский Феджин, грозный Билл Сайкс, Нэнси и "Хитрый плут" • Для любого читателя, желающего углубиться в творчество великого литературного колосса викторианской эпохи, "Оливер Твист", без сомнения, является важной книгой • Книга на английском языке • Dickens had already achieved renown with "The Pickwick Papers"

"Приключения Оливера Твиста" - второй опубликованный роман Чарльза Диккенса и одно из самых популярных его произведений. История сироты, который бежит из работного дома и попадает в логово воров, потрясла читателей, когда была опубликована впервые. Диккенс пишет о детской невинности в окружении зла и жестокости, изображает темный преступный мир Лондона XIX столетия, населенный яркими, запоминающимися персонажами • Книга на английском языке • Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian society features some of his most memorable and enduring characters, including innocent Oliver himself, the Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes and Nancy

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‘The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the possibility of a lucrative career in authorship is always compelling’ Guardian • Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused

‘Look here! Here’s a jolly life! What’s the odds where it comes from?’ • Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you’ll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by the Respectable Old Gentleman and his brood of thieves and pickpockets. Fagin will bring you to ‘the trade’, and make something of you, something profitable.But there’s something about the young orphan Oliver that’s too good for this dark and dangerous world – can he ever escape its clutches? • Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can learn more about Oliver Twist’s London! • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and social polemic. At once a ferocious indictment of the author's era and a timeless story of coming of age, this classic has enthralled readers and inspired countless adaptations and imitations since it was first published in 1838

Мальчик-сирота, на первый взгляд ничем не примечательный, отправляется в приключение, которое навсегда изменит его жизнь • Сбежав из жестокого работного дома, Оливер попадает под крыло Хитрого Финта и связывается с группой карманников в Лондоне. Ориентируясь по захудалому подбрюшью столицы, Оливер никогда не теряет невинности, поскольку изо всех сил пытается найти свою собственную любящую семью • Язвительная атака Диккенса на суровость викторианской бедности включает в себя некоторых из его самых запоминающихся и стойких злодеев – дьявольского Феджина и чудовищного Билла Сайкса – и является классической историей о борьбе добра со злом • Книга на английском языке • HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics