{"product_id":"9780349136387-oliver-twist-me","title":"Oliver Twist \u0026 Me","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved novel\u003cbr\u003eA dual biography of Charles Dickens and orphan boy Robert Blincoe, the orphan boy whose story Dickens used for Oliver Twist-by Robert's descendant novelist Nicholas Blincoe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Idiosyncratic and entertaining,\" Sunday Times\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating family and social history,\" Catherine Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating dual story,\" Edel Coffey, \u003ci\u003eThe Gloss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWe all think we know the tale. As a child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a mouldering Thames-side blacking factory, an event that scarred him for life and inspired \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e. Except that's only part of the story. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIn reality, Dickens appropriated the stories of foundlings and orphans - including Robert Blincoe, whose memoir supplied the source material for his great novel of childhood. In \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, novelist Nicholas Blincoe presents a dual biography of Dickens and his great-great-great-grandfather Robert, showing how the story of an orphan took off in different directions, helping Dickens project himself as an inimitable literary one-off, just as Robert's memoir of a workhouse boy gave a voice to the masses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBy playing off the lives of a working-class hero and a classic author, \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Dickens - and his world - as they have never been seen before.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55366122471798,"sku":"9780349136387","price":19.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35278942_5901d755-5f61-42c8-935e-896fe595021c.jpg?v=1752210713","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349136387-oliver-twist-me","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}