DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress.
London: Bradbury & Evans , 1846.
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“PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME MORE”: First Single-Volume edition of Charles Dickens' The Adventures of Oliver Twist
First single-volume edition of Dickens' best-known novel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt garland vignette to the front panel, frontispiece and 23 steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Housed in a custom three quarter morocco slipcase. Rare in the original cloth.
"Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism, but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the author’s own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" (Baugh).
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress.
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