by Charles Dickens Contents CHAPTER I. TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH CHAPTER II. TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST'S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD CHAPTER III. RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE CHAPTER IV. OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE CHAPTER V. OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A CHAPTER VI. OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM CHAPTER VII. OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY CHAPTER VIII. OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN CHAPTER IX. CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS CHAPTER X. OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS CHAPTER XI. TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE CHAPTER XIII. SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE CHAPTER XIV. COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER'S STAY AT CHAPTER XV. SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE CHAPTER XVI. RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY CHAPTER XVII. OLIVER'S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS CHAPTER XVIII. HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON CHAPTER XX. WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES CHAPTER XXI. THE EXPEDITION CHAPTER XXII. THE BURGLARY CHAPTER XXIII. WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CHAPTER XXIV. TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT CHAPTER XXV. WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE CHAPTER XXVII. ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; CHAPTER XXVIII. LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES CHAPTER XXIX. HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED CHAPTER XXX. RELATES WHAT OLIVER'S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM CHAPTER XXXI. INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS CHAPTER XXXIII. WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK CHAPTER XXXIV. CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE CHAPTER XXXV. CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER'S CHAPTER XXXVI. IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT CHAPTER XXXVII. IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN CHAPTER XXXIX. INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM CHAPTER XL. A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER CHAPTER XLI. CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE CHAPTER XLII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER'S, EXHIBITING CHAPTER XLIII. WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE CHAPTER XLIV. THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS. CHAPTER XLV. NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION CHAPTER XLVI. THE APPOINTMENT KEPT CHAPTER XLVII. FATAL CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER XLVIII. THE FLIGHT OF SIKES CHAPTER XLIX. MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CHAPTER L. THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE CHAPTER LI. AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN CHAPTER LII. FAGIN'S LAST NIGHT ALIVE CHAPTER LIII. AND LAST
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