Write a product review. See all customer images. Showing of reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Library Binding Verified Purchase. Though I mostly read Great illustrated Classics for adventure books, was looking for a suitable adaption of Oliver Twist for my son but was skeptical of finding any suitable one. To my surprise, I found this one very well adapted. Though there will never be any match for readers who want to enjoy the literary style of Dickens and the only option for them is the original unabridged version, for the young readers, this adaptation will very well suite.
For grown ups as well, it provides the core plot of Oliver Twist, probably arousing their interest to go for full length novel. Not to mention the illustrations on every page, simple language and large font for your readers the things you can always expect with Great Illustrated Classics.
Oliver Twist [Annotated] by Charles Dickens
Including the cover, everything about the book Vintage edition is fake. If you want to detect the authenticity, look for - the silvery grey cover - bright, real red vintage Vintage side - compare it with any of your other Vintage books - uncondensed text The book that I received didn't satisfy any of these conditions. SO I returned it. Dickens one of my favorite author and that is one of his best work. Nothing to say about the story. Good service by amazon. I always adore fingerprint publication for their classic collection but this book's binding is not good.
One person found this helpful. The penguin English library series in a way is a paperback version of the stunning penguin clothbound series I specially loved the spine of the books under this series It is a world famous book so no need to comment about its content. The book packaging and delivery by seller was excellent. It's possible we'll be spoiled now by Walsh's narration and everything else will be a letdown from here on. View all 3 comments. Okay, so I'd really give this book a 3. For starters, this book was WAY to long. My French teacher told me that was because Charle Dickens wrote it for a newspaper periodical, so a portion of each week was spent partially reviewing the previous week.
Yes, Maddie, fo Okay, so I'd really give this book a 3. Yes, Maddie, for once in her life or maybe it happened once before, too had to return a book she picked up before she was done reading it. Charles Dickens has skills. So I returned it and out it on hold again. So I start where I think I left off, only to read at a snail's pace for another week until I realize that it all still looks familiar. Sure enough, I'd started long before I'd left off. Perfect for long airplane rides why didn't I save this for Iceland?
As cute as Oliver is, or however many times you've heard his name, the book isn't as cute as his name is. Mas tentei 1 vez, mais outra e mais umas quantas mas I like this story. The story of greed of legacy of the first son from the first wife to the first son of the second wife. This story remind me what is yours will be yours, what is theirs will be theirs. You cannot take something that is not yours by the dirty ways.
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A great commentary and criticism of the social structure and classes of Victorian London. This book, especially towards the end, blew me away. I mean, it's not like I didn't know what was coming since I watched the mini series which I was also blown away by , but that was quite a while ago.
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Before that I had no clue what it was about. All I knew was that there was this little orphan boy asking for more food. I thought the movie was pretty accurate before reading the book but I was wrong. They changed a lot from what I remember of the movie. Anyway, about the book. This was my fi This book, especially towards the end, blew me away.
This was my first Dickens, and I was absolutely delighted with it. I enjoyed his writing and especially his sarcasm. There were so many little things that I smiled over- the way Mr.
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Bumble and his missus was described and how some of the things the characters did made me laugh. My favorites were Nancy and Charley Bates and Mr. One thing I noticed in this book was how the animals were treated. That was hard to read, not even mentioning how the people were! This is a gloomy book but a very good one. If it's not, I'll eat my head! I haven't read this since I was in grade school, and I was so surprised by how unremittingly grim it is.
In Dickens as in Shakespeare , the reader can almost always count on a comic character or situation to relieve the tragedy that is unfolding. I found nothing like that here. It's clear from the author's foreword that Dickens was enraged by the treatment of indigent orphans, and his anger is evident throughout. The psychological portraits, especially of Fagin although oddly not of Oliver him I haven't read this since I was in grade school, and I was so surprised by how unremittingly grim it is.
The psychological portraits, especially of Fagin although oddly not of Oliver himself, who is fairly one-dimensional , are deeply textured. A high-school production of "Oliver! After my second reading this year, I watched the film version and was appalled by its happy-go-lucky vibe: During that time we went through an Oliver Twist phase where we watched multiple film renditions of the famous story.
Well, I finally read this, and once again, I kept dozing off while reading the book. This is not a point against the book, however. This story is a classic, and for good reason. Dickens writes in such a way that you can vividly picture the scene in your head. My biggest problem with the novel is the prejudice that resides in the book. One of the main villains, Fagin, is a Jew, and throughout the novel you get the impression that being a Jew means you are sneaky and villainous. Overall, this is a worthy read. Highly recommended to lovers of the classic and anyone who would like a heartwarming story about a boy who overcomes all odds.
This book called Oliver Twist. The author of this book is Charles Dickens. This book is non-fiction. I don't know why I chose this book but when I started to read I found this book interesting. This book is about one boy Oliver,he lived in a shelter because he doesn't have parents. In the shelter everybody hate him because he is the smallest one there. One time he decided to run away from the shelter. The first day was ok,but on the second day he wanted to eat so thats why he went to the bake sale. But the problem is that he don't have money to buy something.
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On the bake sale he met one men. His name was Bill Sikes. He suggest Oliver to steal. Oliver agreed with him. Bill Sikes brought him to their house where lived a lot of people.
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They all in one stealing group, they steal everything that they have seen in their life's. In there group they have six boys: One time they went to the fair to steal something again. Oliver and Dodger saw table with gold on it and they wanted to steal everything but Bill Sikes said that this is too dangerous but Oliver do not listened to Sikes and steal one piece of gold. One men Fagin saw that Oliver took one piece of gold , he wanted to call the police but he looked in Oliver's eye's and saw that he is very kind small boy that doesn't have parent's and money,and he steal because wanted to eat, so thats why he invite Oliver to live with him.
Oliver was very happy that Fagin invite him to live in the house where he can eat,sleep,drink and he don't need to pay for it but the one thing that Oliver wasn't really happy about that he need to go away from the Sikes group. Come scrivere un'ottima recensione. La recensione deve essere di almeno 50 caratteri.
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