Publisher's Synopsis
The ultimate illustrated children's edition of one of the greatest classic tales of all time.
The miserable and hungry orphan Oliver Twist is forced to flee his wretched life at the workhouse and ends up alone in London. Innocent and vulnerable, young Oliver enters the terrifying street world of the poor and desperate and soon falls into the clutches of criminal mastermind Fagin and his gang of youthful pickpockets. How is Oliver to resist the menacing evil that is set to drag him down into a life of crime? Oliver Twist is one of the greatest classic tales of English literature and one of Dickens' best novels. Masterfully abridged and superbly illustrated, this gripping tale is made accessible to a new generation of young readers.
