"Oliver Twist" (1838) is one of the best loved and darkest of Dickens' novels and presents some of the most memorable of Dickens' great characters, from the rascal antics of street urchin the Artful Dodger, the manipulative seediness of Fagin and the threatening brutality of Bill Sykes, to the kindness of prostitute Nancy and the innocence of Oliver, who escapes the horrors of the workhouse where he dares to ask for more, only to find himself taken in by a den of thieves in London's underworld. "Oliver Twist" is Dickens' first social tract and a significant development in his growth as a writer keen to appeal to the widest audience while discussing the most serious of subjects. Shocking for its time, it is a masterful expose of the inadequacy of the British Poor Laws and the evils that corrupted the childhood innocence in Victorian society...Based on the world-famous "Nonesuch Press" edition of 1937, the text is taken from the 1867 Chapman and Hall edition, which became known as the Charles Dickens edition, and was the last edition to be corrected by the author himself. "The Nonesuch" edition contains illustrations selected by Dickens himself, by artists including Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz'), George Cruikshank, John Leech, Robert Seymour and George Cattermole. The new "Nonesuch Dickens" reproduces the original elegance of these beautiful editions. Books are printed on natural cream shade high quality stock, are quarter bound in bonded leather with cloth sides, include a ribbon marker and feature special printed endpapers. Each book is wrapped in a protective, clear acetate jacket.
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'One of the most glorious achievements of publishing in our time' - Daily Telegraph. 'It will never be more possible for a more complete and perfect edition to be put on the market' - Arthur Waugh, Past President, Dickens Fellowship.
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Charles Dickens is one of the most beloved British authors of all time.
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One of the grand masters of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.
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This review is from: Nonesuch Dickens Boxed Set (Duckworth Dickens) (Hardcover)
Bleak HouseThe "Bleak House" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color of the cloth is light brown].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations are from the original plates by W.L. Colls of Barnes. The Christmas Books "The Christmas Books" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color is red].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the etchings were printed and hand-colored by A. Alexander and Sons Ltd. David Copperfield The "David Copperfield" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color is orange].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations are from the original plates by A. Alexander and Sons. Great Expectations and Hard Times The "Great Expectations and Hard Times" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color is blue-grey].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations are from the original Nonesuch editions [8 illustrations in "Great Expectations", and 5 illustrations in "Hard Times"]. Nicholas Nickleby The "Nicholas Nickleby" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color is green].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations from the original steel plates are by A. Alexander and Sons Ltd. Oliver Twist The "Oliver Twist" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color of the cloth cover is a sort of burnt orange].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations from the original plates are by A. Alexander and Sons Ltd. All of these Nonesuch editions are beautiful and in fine binding. These are books that will enhance any collector's library.
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