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Our Mutual Friend ( DVD ) By Paul McGann Buy new : $8.49 35 used and new from $7.24 Customer Rating: Customer tags: period romance (66), 19th century britlit classics (57), period movie (52), charles dickens (40), bbc (39), romance (21), classic movie (18), classics (17), dvds with passion (11), dickens (10), dead souls and dark alleys (3), dvd (2) Review & Description Critically acclaimed as Dickens' crowning achievement, this sweeping tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.One of Charles Dickens' darkest yet also most romantic novels gets a lavish ... Read Full Story

Oliver Twist (Unabridged Classics) ( Hardcover ) By Charles Dickens Buy new : $9.95 43 used and new from $5.73 Customer Rating: Customer tags: 19th century britlit classics (5), charles dickens (5), classic literature (3), london (2), book recommendations , crime and punishment , dickens Review & Description Thanks to its colorful cast of characters and gritty portrayal of street life in Victorian London, Dickens’ Oliver Twist has captured readers’ hearts for more than 150 years. Today’s children will love it too. Oliver, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse where he was born only to fall into the clutches of a band of ... Read Full Story

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Oliver Twist (1948) - Criterion Collection ( DVD ) By Robert Newton Buy new : $35.99 43 used and new from $19.75 Customer Rating: Customer tags: criterion collection (9), charles dickens (9), 19th century britlit classics (7), alec guinness (6), boy main character (6), silver screen classics (5), oliver twist (5), david lean (4), criterion (4), robert newton (4), crime and punishment (3), a real gem Review & Description Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean's Oliver Twist with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search ... Read Full Story

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