Oliver Twist
By: by Charles Dickens ; adapted by Marian Leighton ; illustrations by Ric Estrada
Contributors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Series: Illustrated classic editions
Publisher: Moby Books/Playmore, Publishers under arrangement with I. Waldman & Son
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 239
Copyright date: 1979
Subjects: Social life and customs; Orphans; Criminals; London (England); Fiction
Description: In a specially adapted version for young readers by Marion Leighton After a miserable childhood spent in public workhouses, the lonely, starving and miserable orphan boy, Oliver Twist, runs away when he is barely twelve. Reaching London, Oliver is taken in by a gang of thieves and housebreakers led by the evil genius and master criminal, Fagin. Eventually befriended by a man robbed by the gang, Oliver finally learns his true identity, and gains a family and an inheritance. Cover Illustration by Al Leiner
Notes: "Moby books."