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1) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Oliver Twist is a classic tale of a boy of unknown parentage born in a workhouse and brought up under the cruel conditions to which pauper children were exposed in the Victorian England. With this novel, Dickens did not merely write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality. He created a moral fable about the survival of good, a romance, and a gripping story in which he exploited suspense...
2) Oliver Twist
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
An abridged version of the classic "Oliver Twist," the tale of a poor London orphan hoping for a better life, narrated by Wishbone the television dog, with information about the author and setting of the story, and a list of characters.
3) Oliver
Pub. Date
©2005, 1998
Description
When Oliver leaves a workhouse and ends up in London an abandoned orphan, he falls in with Fagin who teaches him to steal for a living.