{"product_id":"oliver-twist-charles-dickens-9780141439747","title":"Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The power of Dickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive' WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers with its depiction of a dark criminal underworld 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, \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an Introduction and notes by PHILIP HORNE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCharles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. Philip Horne is a Reader in English at UCL. He is author of the acclaimed 'Henry James: A Life in Letters' and editor of James' The Tragic Muse for Penguin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 608 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65813043773789,"sku":"K011963466","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1196346600001A.jpg?v=1788536515","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/oliver-twist-charles-dickens-9780141439747","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}