• OLIVER TWIST
• OR
• THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS
• 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 FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS
• 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 OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
• CHAPTER XI
• TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
• CHAPTER XII
• 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.
• CHAPTER XIII
• SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
• CHAPTER 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
• 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 A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
• 'FIVE GUINEAS REWARD
• 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 CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
• CHAPTER XXIV
• TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
• CHAPTER XXV
• WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
• CHAPTER XXVI
• IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
• CHAPTER XXVII
• ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
• 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 TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
• CHAPTER XXXV
• CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER'S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
• CHAPTER XXXVI
• 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 XXXVII
• IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
• CHAPTER XXXVIII
• CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
• CHAPTER XXXIX
• INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
• 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 DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
• 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 CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
• CHAPTER L
• THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
• CHAPTER LI
• AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
• CHAPTER LII
• FAGIN'S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
• CHAPTER LIII
• AND LAST