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1. Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist

   A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

   Edited by Juliet John

   Series: Routledge Guides to Literature

   Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is one of the most significant novels of the Victorian era and having been adapted for both stage and screen, retains its impact in the cultural consciousness of many nations. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Dickens’ novel includes: extensive...

   Published December 7th 2005 by Routledge
2. Cult Criminals: The Newgate Novels (1830-47)

   Edited by Juliet John

   Series: Subcultures and Subversions: 1750-1850

   Cult Criminals is a set of early Victorian novels 'sensationally' popular with readers and of immense influence in the development of the novel form. All six novels, commonly labelled 'Newgate' novels, scandalized the Victorians by glamorizing criminals and led to a bitter literary controversy...

   Published December 31st 1997 by Routledge