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| Introduction | |
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| Chronology | |
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| The Author's Preface to the Third Edition (1841) | |
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| Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending his birth | |
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| 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 have been a sinecure | |
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| Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life | |
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| Oliver mingles with new associates. Going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master's business | |
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| Oliver, being goaded by the taunts of Noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him | |
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| Oliver continues refractory | |
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| Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman | |
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| Containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils | |
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| 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 | |
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| Treats of Mr. Fang the Police Magistrate; and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of administering justice | |
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| In which Oliver is taken better care of than he ever was before. And in which the narrative reverts to the merry old gentleman and his youthful friends | |
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| Some new acquaintances are introduced to the intelligent reader, connected with whom, various pleasant matters are related, appertaining to this history | |
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| 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 | |
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| Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist, the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were | |
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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 to injure his reputation | |
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| How Oliver passed his time in the improving society of his reputable friends | |
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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. Bumble and a lady; and shows that even a beadle may be susceptible on some points | |
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| Treats of a very poor subject. But is a short one, and may be found of importance in this history | |
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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 things, inseparable from this history, are done and performed | |
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| Atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously | |
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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 Oliver resorted | |
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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 check | |
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| Contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene; and a new adventure which happened to Oliver | |
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| Containing the unsatisfactory result of Oliver's adventure; and a conversation of some importance between Harry Maylie and Rose | |
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| 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 | |
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| In which the reader may perceive a contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases | |
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| Containing an account of what passed between Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, and Mr. Monks, at their nocturnal interview | |
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| Introduces some respectable characters with whom the reader is already acquainted, and shows how Monks and the Jew laid their worthy heads together | |
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| A strange interview, which is a sequel to the last chapter | |
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| Containing fresh discoveries, and showing that surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone | |
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| An old acquaintance of Oliver's, exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a public character in the metropolis | |
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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 fails | |
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| 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 intelligence that interrupts it | |
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| The Pursuit and Escape | |
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| Affording an explanation of more mysteries than one, and comprehending a proposal of marriage with no word of settlement or pin-money | |
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| Fagin's last night alive | |
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| And Last | |