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,introducedby 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. 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 . . .
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKISBN: 9780141322438Number of pages: 416Weight: 258 gDimensions: 178 x 129 x 25 mm
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"The power of (Dickens) is so amazing,that the reader at once becomes his captive,and must follow him whithersoever he leads."-William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Dickens
A towering figure in the development of the novel,Charles Dickens was a British writer responsible for some of the best-loved works in the English language,including Oliver Twist,David Copperfield,A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
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Garth Nix is a bestselling Australian author of children's and young adult fantasy,best known for his series The Old Kingdom and The Seventh Tower.
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