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Oliver Twist
About This Book
Young Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and raised in poverty, escapes to London where he falls into the hands of a gang of criminals. A powerful indictment of the Poor Laws and the treatment of children in Victorian England.
About the Author
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) drew on his own childhood experiences of poverty and hardship to create Oliver Twist, one of literature's most enduring portraits of innocence struggling against a cruel world.
Time & Place
Period: Early 19th century
Setting: London, England
✦ CHAPTERS
1
TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE
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2
TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
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RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT
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OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC
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OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST
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OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND
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OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
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OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF
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CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN,
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10
OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW
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11
TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT
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IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN
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SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER,
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14
COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH
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SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY
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RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
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OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON
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HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE
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IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
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WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
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THE EXPEDITION
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THE BURGLARY
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WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR.
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TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT, BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF
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WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
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IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY
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ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY,
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LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
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HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH
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RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
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INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
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OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
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WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN
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CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN
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CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A
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IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS
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IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN
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CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND
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INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY
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40
A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
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CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE
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AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS,
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WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
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THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE
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45
NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
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THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
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FATAL CONSEQUENCES
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THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
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MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE
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THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
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AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING
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FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
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AND LAST
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