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Publication
Creative Edge (2010)
Description
Adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
Local notes
1801-053
User reviews
LibraryThing member rrossi1
This is the junior/adapted version of this classic novel. Oliver Twist is a small boy from the mid 1800's. His mother dies in childbirth, and his father is nowhere to be found, so he spends his first 9 years in an orphanage. He is then transferred into an adult workhouse. After many horrible things
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befall this poor boy, there is a happy ending with him being adopted and living a great life in the countryside. Show Less
LibraryThing member dbond
W. R. Robinson's Oliver Twist is an adaptations of the original Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. This junior version is still a chapter book, but has been editied to be more enjoyable and easier to read for the younger generation. The story is the same as the classic, a young orphan boy leads a
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life of misery until he is taken in by a loving family who in the end reveal Oliver's true identity. The story is a bit violent for really young ones, but would certainly keep young adults interested. It is a great way to introduce the classics to an age they may not read it otherwise. Show Less
Physical description
8.2 inches
ISBN
1403795037 / 9781403795038