Oliver Twist
(Audiobook CD)

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May, Nadia, narrator.
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Audiobook - North Wing Basement
Dickens
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Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

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Participants/Performers
Reader, Nadia May.
Description
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens 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. This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

May, N. (1995). Oliver Twist (Unabridged.). Blackstone Audiobooks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

May, Nadia. 1995. Oliver Twist. Blackstone Audiobooks.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

May, Nadia. Oliver Twist Blackstone Audiobooks, 1995.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

May, Nadia. Oliver Twist Unabridged., Blackstone Audiobooks, 1995.

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