Project X Origins Graphic Texts: Dark Red+ Book Band, Oxford Level 20: Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens,Rob Alcraft,Paul Davidson,Dave Gibbons

ISBN 10: 0198367856 / ISBN 13: 9780198367857

Published by OUP Oxford 2016-09-08, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project X Origins Graphic Texts: Dark Red+ Book Band, Oxford Level 20: Oliver Twist
• Publisher: OUP Oxford 2016-09-08
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198367856
• ISBN 13: 9780198367857
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Project X Origins Graphic Texts can help children to reach higher standards in comprehension. This graphic retelling of Oliver Twist brings a fresh look to a well-loved classic. Victorian England is not a kind place for a poor orphan like Oliver. After running away from an undertaker's where he's been forced to work, he hopes he'll have better luck in London. However, after he meets the Artful Dodger, he soon learns life in the big city can be very dangerous indeed. Can Oliver ever escape the murky world he finds himself in? This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, ideas for follow-up activities and higher-level comprehension questions.

About the Author

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. In 1823 his father was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was sent to work in a blacking warehouse. When his father's fortunes improved, Dickens went back to school and then worked as a solicitor's clerk, a shorthand reporter, and a parliamentary reporter. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines and in 1836 his first novel, Pickwick Papers, was published in monthly instalments followed by Oliver Twist in 1837 and A Christmas Carol in 1843. Charles Dickens died in 1870 and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists.