The Adventures of Oliver Twist, in One Volume, with the Original Illustrations (The Gadshill Edition) (The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty-four Volumes, Vol. III)

xxii, [2], 509, [2] pp. 8 x 6. Original red cloth, gilt titles & author device, gilt top page ridge. Original illustrations protected by tissue guards. Introduction & notes by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic best known for his collections of folk and fairy tales. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (commonly known as Oliver Twist) (1838) is Charles Dickens' second novel. It is about a boy named Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse and meets a gang of pickpockets in London. The novel is one of Dickens's best-known works, and has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations.