Bibliograph

Fagin the Jew

Type

Label

Fagin the Jew

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated T

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Fagin the Jew

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

Comics luminary Will Eisner takes on literary giant Charles Dickens, in this fascinating retelling of the life of Oliver Twist's Fagin! Imagining Fagin's impoverished childhood in the slums of London and his initiation into the criminal underworld, Eisner's story counters the anti-Semitism of Victorian literature as his gorgeous brushwork creates an evocative portrait of the era. Now with Eisner's previously unused full-color cover art! Foreword by Brian Michael Bendis! Introduction by Dickens scholar Jeet Heer!

Target audience

adult

Classification