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Oliver Twist Hardcover - 2014

by Charles Dickens; Adapted by Juliette Saumande; Daniela Volpari (Illustrator)

About this book

Oliver Twist, published in 1838, became one of English writer Charles Dickens's better-known stories and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. 

Oliver Twist (Parish Boy's Progress) focuses on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by an elderly criminal Fagin. The book shows an unromantic portrayal of criminals and the treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.

From the publisher

This is an illustrated adaptation for children of the famous novel by Charles Dickens. In nineteenth-century England, a young boy named Oliver Twist is driven out of his orphanage. Placed with an undertaker who mistreats him, Oliver escapes and travels to London in search of happiness. There, he discovers the meaning of living in the streets as he becomes entangled with a gang of thieves, but he never loses his will to find a family.

Juliette Saumande is an English writer and translator of children's books, with more than twenty stories published. She like adapting great novels into very accessible books for children.

Daniela Volpari lives in Italy. The quality of her paintings as well as the originality of her illustrations celebrate the nineteenth century in England with Oliver Twist.

First Edition Identification

Oliver Twist was first published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and released as a three-volume book in 1838 before the serialization ended.

The first edition was published by Richard Bentley in London, 1838. Octavo, three volumes, original reddish-brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels marked with a stamp. Features 24 illustrated plates by George Cruikshank. 

The first issue has the "Fireside" plate in volume 3 and "Boz" listed as the author on all title pages. It was issued on November 9, 1838. At Dicken's insistence, the Fireside plate was replaced with the "Church" plate, and Dickens's name replaced "Boz". The book was then reissued in three volumes 7 days after the first issue, on November 16.

The First US Edition of Oliver Twist was published in New York by Jemima M. Lewer in 1838, as two volumes, bound in modern brown quarter-leather bindings, with marbled paper boards.

Details

  • Title Oliver Twist
  • Author Charles Dickens; Adapted by Juliette Saumande; Daniela Volpari (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Auzou, U.S.A.
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9782733825297 / 2733825291
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.75 x 9 x 0.5 in (29.85 x 22.86 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 07 to UP years
  • Grade levels 2 - UP
  • Reading level 730
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

About the author

Juliette Saumande: Juliette Saumande is an English writer and translator of children's books, with more than 20 stories published. She likes adapting great novels into very accessible books for children.
Daniela Volpari: Daniela Volpari lives in Italy. The quality of her paintings as well as the originality of her illustrations celebrate Cleopatra's legendary life and the 19th century in England with Oliver Twist.

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