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Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Charles Dickens

An orphan escapes his brutal workhouse existence only to fall into London's criminal underworld, where a gang of child pickpockets operates under the sinister Fagin.

"Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 (of 3)" by Charles Dickens is a novel. An orphan escapes his brutal workhouse existence only to fall into London's criminal underworld, where a gang of child pickpockets operates under the sinister Fagin.

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For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board. It appears, at first sight, not unreasonable to suppose, that, if he had entertained a becoming feeling of respect for the prediction of the gentleman in the white waistcoat, he would have established that sage individual’s prophetic character, once and for ever, by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook in the wall, and attaching himself to the other. To the performance of this feat, however, there was one obstacle, namely, that pocket-handkerchiefs[33] being decided articles of luxury, had been, for all future times and ages, removed from the noses of paupers by the express order of the board in council assembled, solemnly given and pronounced under their hands and seals. There was a still greater obstacle in Oliver’s youth and childishness. He only cried bitterly all day; and when the long, dismal night came on, he spread his little hands before his eyes to shut out the darkness, and crouching in the corner, tried to sleep: ever and anon waking with a start and tremble, and drawing himself closer and closer to the wall, as if to feel even its cold hard surface were a protection in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded him.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Treats of the Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born, and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth.
  2. 02Chapter II. Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board.
  3. 03Chapter III. Relates How Oliver Twist Was Very Near Getting a Place, Which Would Not Have Been a Sinecure.
  4. 04Chapter IV. Oliver, Being Offered Another Place, Makes His First Entry Into Public Life.
  5. 05Chapter V. Oliver Mingles with New Associates, and, Going to a Funeral for the First Time, Forms an Unfavourable Notion of His Master’s Business.
  6. 06Chapter VI. Oliver, Being Goaded by the Taunts of Noah, Rouses Into Action, and Rather Astonishes Him.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Oliver Continues Refractory.
  8. 08Chapter VIII Oliver Walks to London, and Encounters on the Road a Strange Sort of Young Gentleman.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Containing Further Particulars Concerning the Pleasant Old Gentleman, and His Hopeful Pupils.
  10. 10Chapter X Oliver Becomes Better Acquainted with the Characters of His New Associates, and Purchases Experience at a High Price. Being a Short but Very Important Chapter in This History.
  11. 11Chapter XI. Treats of Mr. Fang the Police Magistrate, and Furnishes a Slight Specimen of His Mode of Administering Justice.
  12. 12Chapter XII. In Which Oliver Is Taken Better Care of Than He Ever Was Before. With Some Particulars Concerning a Certain Picture.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Reverts to the Merry Old Gentleman and His Youthful Friends, Through Whom a New Acquaintance Is Introduced to the Intelligent Reader, and Connected with Whom Various Pleasant Matters Are
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Comprising Further Particulars of Oliver’s Stay at Mr. Brownlow’s, with the Remarkable Prediction Which One Mr. Grimwig Uttered Concerning Him, When He Went Out on an Errand.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist, the Merry Old Jew and Miss Nancy Were.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Relates What Became of Oliver Twist, After He Had Been Claimed by Nancy.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. Oliver’s Destiny Continuing Unpropitious, Brings a Great Man to London to Injure His Reputation.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. How Oliver Passed His Time in the Improving Society of His Reputable Friends.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. In Which a Notable Plan Is Discussed and Determined on.

About this edition

Author
Charles Dickens
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
180 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers