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The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London 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, in Oliver Twist 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. USA 7105003229 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) YA DIC Oli 5495 C2O library & collabtive (Young & Children) 4000 OliverTwist.jpg 5356 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated