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Oliver Twist, or, The parish boy's progress
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Chapter 1. Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending his birth
Chapter 2. Treats of Oliver Twist's growth, education, and board
Chapter 3. Relates how Oliver Twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
Chapter 4. Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life
Chapter 5. Oliver mingles with new associates. Going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master's business
Chapter 6. Oliver, being goaded by the taunts of Noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him
Chapter 7. Oliver continues refractory
Chapter 8. Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman
Chapter 9. Containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils
Chapter 10. 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
Chapter 11. Treats of Mr. Fang the Police Magistrate; and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of administering justice
Chapter 12. In which Oliver is taken better care of, than he ever was before. With some particulars concerning a certain picture
Chapter 13. 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 related appertaining to this history
Chapter 14. 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
Chapter 15. Shewing how very fond of Oliver Twist, the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were
Chapter 16. Relates what became of Oliver Twist, after he had been claimed by Nancy
Chapter 17. Oliver's destiny continuing unpropitious, brings a great man to London to injure his reputation
Chapter 18. How Oliver passed his time in the improving society of his reputable friends
Chapter 19. In which a notable plan is discussed and determined on
Chapter 20. Wherein Oliver is delivered over to Mr. William Sikes
Chapter 21. The Expedition
Chapter 22. The Burglary
Chapter 23. Which contains the substance of a pleasant conversation between Mr. Bumble and a lady; and shows that even a beadle may be susceptible on some points
Chapter 24. Treats of a very poor subject. But is a short one, and may be found of importance in this history
Chapter 25. Wherein this history reverts to Mr. Fagin and Company
Chapter 26. In which a mysterious character appears upon the scene; and many things, inseparable from this history, are done and performed
Chapter 27. Atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously
Chapter 28. Looks after Oliver, and proceeds with his adventures
Chapter 29. Has an introductory account of the inmates of the house, to which Oliver resorted, and relates what they thought of him
Chapter 30. Involves a critical position
Chapter 31. Of the happy life Oliver began to lead with his kind friends
Chapter 32. Wherein the happiness of Oliver and his friends experiences a sudden check
Chapter 33. Contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene, and a new adventure which happened to Oliver
Chapter 34. Containing the unsatisfactory result of Oliver's adventure, and a conversation of some importance between Harry Maylie and Rose
Chapter 35. Is a very short one, and may appear of no great importance in its place, but it should be read notwithstanding, as a sequel to the last, and a key to one that will follow when its time arrives
Chapter 36. In which the reader, if he or she resort to the fifth chapter of this second book, will perceive a contrast not uncommon in matrimonial cases
Chapter 37. Containing an account of what passed between Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, and Monks at their nocturnal interview
Chapter 38. Introduces some respectable characters with whom the reader is already acquainted, and shows how Monks and the Jew laid their worthy heads together
Chapter 39. A strange interview, which is a sequel to the last chapter
Chapter 40. Containing fresh discoveries, and showing that surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone
Chapter 41. An old acquaintance of Oliver's, exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a public character in the metropolis
Chapter 42. Wherein is shown how the Artful Dodger got into trouble
Chapter 43. The time arrives for Nancy to redeem her pledge to Rose Maylie. She fails. Noah Claypole is employed by Fagin on a secret mission
Chapter 44. The Appointment kept
Chapter 45. Fatal Consequences
Chapter 46. The Flight of Sikes
Chapter 47. Monks and Mr. Brownlow at length meet. Their conversation, and the intelligence that interrupts it
Chapter 48. The Pursuit and Escape
Chapter 49. Affording an explanation of more mysteries than one, and comprehending a proposal of marriage with no word of settlement or pin-money
Chapter 50. The Jew's last night alive
Chapter 51. And Last.
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Bildungsromans
Boys
Boys -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Classics
Criminals
Criminals -- England -- London -- Fiction
Criminals -- Fiction
England -- London
Fiction
Historical
Historical fiction
Kidnapping victims
Kidnapping victims -- Fiction
Literary
London (England) -- Fiction
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Manners and customs
Orphans
Orphans -- England -- London -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Social life and customs
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9780141192499
9780141439747
9781620117033
9781609441333
9780141192499
9780141439747
9781620117033
9781609441333
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