Oliver Twist Dickens Vintage

Der Waisenjunge Oliver Twist wächst in kläglichem Elend auf und flieht schließlich aus dem Armenhaus, um sich einer Bande jugendlicher Diebe anzuschließen. Als er bei seinem ersten Diebeszug gefasst wird, trifft er auf den gutmütigen Mr. Brownlow, der sich seiner annimmt und sein Schicksal zum Guten wendet • Charles Dickens großer Roman zieht den Leser bis heute mit Sprachwitz, Spannung und nicht zuletzt mit der schonungslos realistischen Schilderung der Armut im England seiner Zeit in seinen Bann • Mit dem Werkbeitrag aus Kindlers Literatur Lexikon

‘The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the possibility of a lucrative career in authorship is always compelling’ Guardian • Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused

‘Look here! Here’s a jolly life! What’s the odds where it comes from?’ • Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you’ll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by the Respectable Old Gentleman and his brood of thieves and pickpockets. Fagin will bring you to ‘the trade’, and make something of you, something profitable.But there’s something about the young orphan Oliver that’s too good for this dark and dangerous world – can he ever escape its clutches? • Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can learn more about Oliver Twist’s London! • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

Oliver escapes the workhouse he goes to London. What happens when the Artful Dodger takes Oliver to meet Fagin and his gang? • Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language • Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills • The eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams • Oliver Twist, a Level 6 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Flyers and KET exams

Самый динамичный и цельный из великих романов Диккенса, "Оливер Твист" знаменит воссозданием лондонского преступного мира сутенеров, воров и проституток - и особенно персонажами Феджина, Билла Сайкса, Нэнси и Хитрого Плута. Противопоставляя их друзьям и семье сироты Оливера, Диккенс сочетает яркий реализм и сказочный блеск в исследовании невинности, преданной, а затем торжествующей • Книга на английском языке • The most swiftly-moving and unified of Dickens’s great novels, Oliver Twist is famous for its re-creation of the London underworld of pimps, thieves and prostitutes – and especially for the characters of Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy and the Artful Dodger. Contrasting them with the orphan Oliver’s friends and family, Dickens combines vivid realism and fairy-tale brilliance in a study of innocence betrayed and then triumphant

Издание "Оливера Твиста" Чарльза Диккенса из серии Penguin English Library • История сироты из работного дома - смиренного, полуголодного чернорабочего, который бежит из работного дома и на грязных лондонских задворках попадает в логово воров • Диккенс пишет о детской невинности в окружении зла и жестокости, изображает темный преступный мир Лондона XIX столетия, населенный яркими, запоминающимися персонажами • Книга на английском языке • The Penguin English Library Edition of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens • 'A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none' • Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets

Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back • With an inspirational and light-hearted introduction by Garth Nix

Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and social polemic. At once a ferocious indictment of the author's era and a timeless story of coming of age, this classic has enthralled readers and inspired countless adaptations and imitations since it was first published in 1838

The 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, Oliver Twist 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

A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs • The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR • Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio • London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends - Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of 'games' they play • Retold by Richard Rogers

"Приключения Оливера Твиста" - второй опубликованный роман Чарльза Диккенса и одно из самых популярных его произведений. История сироты, который бежит из работного дома и попадает в логово воров, потрясла читателей, когда была опубликована впервые. Диккенс пишет о детской невинности в окружении зла и жестокости, изображает темный преступный мир Лондона XIX столетия, населенный яркими, запоминающимися персонажами • Книга на английском языке • Puffin Classics bring the very best children's stories to a new generation • The world-famous story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London, introduced by the hugely popular children's author, Garth Nix • After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London