This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist includes: • The complete, unabridged text (from the final edition Dickens oversaw in 1865) • 44 full-color illustrations by George Cruikshank and Frederick W. ...

Throughout the novel, Charles Dickens is able to portray the hardships of each social class during the trying times of the French Revolution in a way that is both profoundly elegant and heartbreaking at the same time.

Dickens' keen observation of society and his knack for character development make this novel a must-read for anyone interested in Victorian literature and the human experience.

"This is not the republic of my imagination," Charles Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States.

Read the ultimate Christmas story of hope and redemption behind the recent BBC TV adaptation Ebenezer Scrooge despises Christmas.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.