Oliver Twist-雾都孤儿

作者：Dickens Charles

书名：Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》

中文简介：《雾都孤儿》（英语：Oliver Twist），是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的第二部作品，在1838年由理查德·宾利（Richard Bentley）出版。故事记叙了一位孤儿奥利佛·退斯特在济贫院的悲惨经历，以及随后在殡仪馆的遭遇。他逃到伦敦后遇到了少年犯头子小扒手道奇。天真无辜的奥利佛被他们带到了教唆犯费金（Fagin）的老巢。小说揭露了狄更斯时代伦敦大量孤儿的悲惨生活。

英文简介：A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne.

The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.