Oliver Twist Investigates
Publisher: Robert Hale; The Crowood Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780709098102; 9780709098089; 9780709091523
Subjects: Fiction; Murder; Investigation; History; Social conditions; LITERARY CRITICISM; European; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Description: Who killed Nancy? Did Charles Dickens frame Bill Sykes, and if so, why? As an adult, Oliver Twist receives deeply unsettling information written years earlier by Fagin while he was awaiting execution. It convinces Oliver that Dickens did not tell the entire truth about the events leading to Nancy's death. Now Oliver must embark on a complex investigation that takes him into the worst slums of London as he seeks out the whereabouts of some of the most memorable figures from his past -- Betsy, Noah Claypole, Mr Bumble and Charley Bates -- not forgetting, of course, the Artful Dodger. Oliver's life is set to change dramatically as he uncovers not only what happened to Nancy, but also the astonishing truth about his own identity.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1. Truth Will Out; 2. Fagin's Final Testament; 3. A Hint of Blackmail; 4. Dickens's Story; 5. Murder Most Foul; 6. The House Of Fallen Women; 7. Betsy's Story; 8. Ratcatching; 9. Confirmation; 10. Bumble's Story; 11. The Mystery Remains; 12. The Sewer King; 13. Noah's Story; 14. Dickens Again; 15. Fresh Revelations; 16. Mrs Dickens; 17. The Artful Dodger; 18. The Murder Of Nancy.