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Oliver Twist and Other Great Dickens Stories: Five Lively Retellings
By Marcia Williams
A selection of the works of one of the world’s greatest writers, retold in accessible comic-strip style.
Meet some of Dickens most memorable characters between the pages of this splendid book, which retells, in lively comic-strip style, five of Dickens’s most popular stories: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol.
- "Each story is told with vivid imagination and lively language -- a great introduction to some classic stories," Junior.
- An instantly accessible to the world of Dickens, retaining the unique flavour of Dickensian language.
About the author
Marcia Williams' distinctive style developed through the illustrated letters she sent from boarding school to her parents overseas. She has now illustrated and retold her own popular versions of many literary classics including "Greek Myths", "The Iliad and the Odyssey", "Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood".
ISBN:
9781406305630
Imprint:
Walker Books
Distributor:
TL Distribution in Australia & Macmillan Publishers in New Zealand
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
February 1, 2008
Dimensions:
250 x 320mm, 48pp
Stock Status:
Frontlist Title
Australian RRP:
$16.95
New Zealand RRP:
$19.99
Stock Level:
Low Stock