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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, prepared as a public-domain Orakel edition with 53 chapter-aware companion links.
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CHAPTER I.: TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE
CHAPTER I.: TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE from Oliver Twist. Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage
Open2CHAPTER II.: TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
CHAPTER II.: TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD from Oliver Twist. For the next eight or ten months, Oliver was the victim of a systematic course of treachery and deception. He was brought up by hand. The hungry and destitute situation of the infant orphan was duly reported by the workhouse authorities to the parish authorities. The parish authorities inquired with dignity of the workhouse authorities, whether there was no female then domiciled in “the house” who was in a situation
Open3CHAPTER III.: RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT
CHAPTER III.: RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER III.: RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD
Open4CHAPTER IV.: OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC
CHAPTER IV.: OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER IV.: OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO
Open5CHAPTER V.: OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST
CHAPTER V.: OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST from Oliver Twist. Oliver, being left to himself in the undertaker’s shop, set the lamp down on a workman’s bench, and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread, which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand. An unfinished coffin on black tressels, which stood in the middle of the shop, looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him, every time his eyes wandered in the
Open6CHAPTER VI.: OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND
CHAPTER VI.: OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND from Oliver Twist. The month’s trial over, Oliver was formally apprenticed. It was a nice sickly season just at this time. In commercial phrase, coffins were looking up; and, in the course of a few weeks, Oliver acquired a great deal of experience. The success of Mr. Sowerberry’s ingenious speculation, exceeded even his most sanguine hopes. The oldest inhabitants recollected no period at which measles had been so prevalent, or so
Open7CHAPTER VII.: OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
CHAPTER VII.: OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY from Oliver Twist. Noah Claypole ran along the streets at his swiftest pace, and paused not once for breath, until he reached the workhouse-gate. Having rested here, for a minute or so, to collect a good burst of sobs and an imposing show of tears and terror, he knocked loudly at the wicket; and presented such a rueful face to the aged pauper who opened it, that even he, who saw nothing but rueful faces about him at the best of times,
Open8CHAPTER VIII.: OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF
CHAPTER VIII.: OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER VIII.: OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT
Open9CHAPTER IX.: CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN,
CHAPTER IX.: CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER IX.: CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD
Open10CHAPTER X.: OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW
CHAPTER X.: OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW from Oliver Twist. ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS
Open11CHAPTER XI.: TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT
CHAPTER XI.: TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT from Oliver Twist. The offence had been committed within the district, and indeed in the immediate neighborhood of, a very notorious metropolitan police office. The crowd had only the satisfaction of accompanying Oliver through two or three streets, and down a place called Mutton Hill, when he was led beneath a low archway, and up a dirty court, into this dispensary of summary justice, by the back way. It was a small paved yard into
Open12CHAPTER XII.: IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN
CHAPTER XII.: IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XII.: IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND
Open13CHAPTER XIII.: SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER,
CHAPTER XIII.: SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, from Oliver Twist. CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS
Open14CHAPTER XIV.: COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH
CHAPTER XIV.: COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XIV.: COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S,
Open15CHAPTER XV.: SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY
CHAPTER XV.: SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XV.: SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS
Open16CHAPTER XVI.: RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
CHAPTER XVI.: RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XVI.: RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY
Open17CHAPTER XVII.: OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON
CHAPTER XVII.: OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XVII.: OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO
Open18CHAPTER XVIII.: HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE
CHAPTER XVIII.: HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XVIII.: HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS
Open19CHAPTER XIX.: IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
CHAPTER XIX.: IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON from Oliver Twist. It was a chill, damp, windy night, when the Jew: buttoning his great-coat tight round his shrivelled body, and pulling the collar up over his ears so as completely to obscure the lower part of his face: emerged from his den. He paused on the step as the door was locked and chained behind him; and having listened while the boys made all secure, and until their retreating footsteps were no longer audible, slunk down
Open20CHAPTER XX.: WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
CHAPTER XX.: WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES from Oliver Twist. When Oliver awoke in the morning, he was a good deal surprised to find that a new pair of shoes, with strong thick soles, had been placed at his bedside; and that his old shoes had been removed. At first, he was pleased with the discovery: hoping that it might be the forerunner of his release; but such thoughts were quickly dispelled, on his sitting down to breakfast along with the Jew, who told him, in a tone and
Open21CHAPTER XXI.: THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXI.: THE EXPEDITION from Oliver Twist. It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street; blowing and raining hard; and the clouds looking dull and stormy. The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels were overflowing. There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky; but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene: the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street
Open22CHAPTER XXII.: THE BURGLARY
CHAPTER XXII.: THE BURGLARY from Oliver Twist. “Aha! my pal!” cried the same voice. “A glim, Barney, a glim! Show the gentleman in, Barney; wake up first, if
Open23CHAPTER XXIII.: WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR.
CHAPTER XXIII.: WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXIII.: WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN
Open24CHAPTER XXIV.: TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT, BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF
CHAPTER XXIV.: TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT, BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXIV.: TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT, BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND
Open25CHAPTER XXV.: WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXV.: WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY from Oliver Twist. While these things were passing in the country workhouse, Mr. Fagin sat in the old den—the same from which Oliver had been removed by the girl—brooding over a dull, smoky fire. He held a pair of bellows upon his knee, with which he had apparently been endeavouring to rouse it into more cheerful action; but he had fallen into deep thought; and with his arms folded on them, and his chin resting on his thumbs, fixed
Open26CHAPTER XXVI.: IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY
CHAPTER XXVI.: IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY from Oliver Twist. The old man had gained the street corner, before he began to recover the effect of Toby Crackit’s intelligence. He had relaxed nothing of his unusual speed; but was still pressing onward, in the same wild and disordered manner, when the sudden dashing past of a carriage: and a boisterous cry from the foot passengers, who saw his danger: drove him back upon the pavement. Avoiding, as much as was possible, all the
Open27CHAPTER XXVII.: ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY,
CHAPTER XXVII.: ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXVII.: ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A
Open28CHAPTER XXVIII.: LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXVIII.: LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES from Oliver Twist. “Wolves tear your throats!” muttered Sikes, grinding his teeth. “I wish I was among some of you; you’d howl the hoarser for
Open29CHAPTER XXIX.: HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH
CHAPTER XXIX.: HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH from Oliver Twist. In a handsome room: though its furniture had rather the air of old-fashioned comfort, than of modern elegance: there sat two ladies at a well-spread breakfast-table. Mr. Giles, dressed with scrupulous care in a full suit of black, was in attendance upon them. He had taken his station some half-way between the side-board and the breakfast-table; and, with his body drawn up to its full height, his head thrown back,
Open30CHAPTER XXX.: RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
CHAPTER XXX.: RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM from Oliver Twist. With many loquacious assurances that they would be agreeably surprised in the aspect of the criminal, the doctor drew the young lady’s arm through one of his; and offering his disengaged hand to Mrs. Maylie, led them, with much ceremony and stateliness,
Open31CHAPTER XXXI.: INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
CHAPTER XXXI.: INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION from Oliver Twist. “Who’s that?” inquired Brittles, opening the door a little way, with the chain up, and peeping out, shading the candle with his
Open32CHAPTER XXXII.: OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXII.: OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS from Oliver Twist. Oliver’s ailings were neither slight nor few. In addition to the pain and delay attendant on a broken limb, his exposure to the wet and cold had brought on fever and ague: which hung about him for many weeks, and reduced him sadly. But, at length, he began, by slow degrees, to get better, and to be able to say sometimes, in a few tearful words, how deeply he felt the goodness of the two sweet ladies, and how
Open33CHAPTER XXXIII.: WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN
CHAPTER XXXIII.: WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXXIII.: WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A
Open34CHAPTER XXXIV.: CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XXXIV.: CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXXIV.: CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG
Open35CHAPTER XXXV.: CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A
CHAPTER XXXV.: CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A from Oliver Twist. When the inmates of the house, attracted by Oliver’s cries, hurried to the spot from which they proceeded, they found him, pale and agitated, pointing in the direction of the meadows behind the house, and scarcely able to articulate the words, “The Jew! the
Open36CHAPTER XXXVI.: IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS
CHAPTER XXXVI.: IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXXVI.: IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN
Open37CHAPTER XXXVII.: IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN
CHAPTER XXXVII.: IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN from Oliver Twist. Mr. Bumble sat in the workhouse parlour, with his eyes moodily fixed on the cheerless grate, whence, as it was summer time, no brighter gleam proceeded, than the reflection of certain sickly rays of the sun, which were sent back from its cold and shining surface. A paper fly-cage dangled from the ceiling, to which he occasionally raised his eyes in gloomy thought; and, as the heedless insects hovered round the gaudy
Open38CHAPTER XXXVIII.: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND
CHAPTER XXXVIII.: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXXVIII.: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE,
Open39CHAPTER XXXIX.: INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY
CHAPTER XXXIX.: INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XXXIX.: INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS
Open40CHAPTER XL.: A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
CHAPTER XL.: A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER from Oliver Twist. The girl’s life had been squandered in the streets, and among the most noisome of the stews and dens of London, but there was something of the woman’s original nature left in her still; and when she heard a light step approaching the door opposite to that by which she had entered, and thought of the wide contrast which the small room would in another moment contain, she felt burdened with the sense of her own deep
Open41CHAPTER XLI.: CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE
CHAPTER XLI.: CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE from Oliver Twist. Her situation was, indeed, one of no common trial and difficulty. While she felt the most eager and burning desire to penetrate the mystery in which Oliver’s history was enveloped, she could not but hold sacred the confidence which the miserable woman with whom she had just conversed, had reposed in her, as a young and guileless girl. Her words and manner had touched Rose Maylie’s heart; and, mingled with her love
Open42CHAPTER XLII.: AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS,
CHAPTER XLII.: AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XLII.: AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF
Open43CHAPTER XLIII.: WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XLIII.: WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE from Oliver Twist. “And so it was you that was your own friend, was it?” asked Mr. Claypole, otherwise Bolter, when, by virtue of the compact entered into between them, he had removed next day to Fagin’s house. “Cod, I thought as much last
Open44CHAPTER XLIV.: THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE
CHAPTER XLIV.: THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XLIV.: THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE.
Open45CHAPTER XLV.: NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
CHAPTER XLV.: NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION from Oliver Twist. The old man was up, betimes, next morning, and waited impatiently for the appearance of his new associate, who after a delay that seemed interminable, at length presented himself, and commenced a voracious assault on the
Open46CHAPTER XLVI.: THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
CHAPTER XLVI.: THE APPOINTMENT KEPT from Oliver Twist. The church clocks chimed three quarters past eleven, as two figures emerged on London Bridge. One, which advanced with a swift and rapid step, was that of a woman who looked eagerly about her as though in quest of some expected object; the other figure was that of a man, who slunk along in the deepest shadow he could find, and, at some distance, accommodated his pace to hers: stopping when she stopped: and as she
Open47CHAPTER XLVII.: FATAL CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLVII.: FATAL CONSEQUENCES from Oliver Twist. It was nearly two hours before day-break; that time which in the autumn of the year, may be truly called the dead of night; when the streets are silent and deserted; when even sounds appear to slumber, and profligacy and riot have staggered home to dream; it was at this still and silent hour, that Fagin sat watching in his old lair, with face so distorted and pale, and eyes so red and blood-shot, that he looked less
Open48CHAPTER XLVIII.: THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
CHAPTER XLVIII.: THE FLIGHT OF SIKES from Oliver Twist. Of all bad deeds that, under cover of the darkness, had been committed within wide London’s bounds since night hung over it, that was the worst. Of all the horrors that rose with an ill scent upon the morning air, that was the foulest and most
Open49CHAPTER XLIX.: MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE
CHAPTER XLIX.: MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER XLIX.: MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND
Open50CHAPTER L.: THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER L.: THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE from Oliver Twist. Near to that part of the Thames on which the church at Rotherhithe abuts, where the buildings on the banks are dirtiest and the vessels on the river blackest with the dust of colliers and the smoke of close-built low-roofed houses, there exists the filthiest, the strangest, the most extraordinary of the many localities that are hidden in London, wholly unknown, even by name, to the great mass of its
Open51CHAPTER LI.: AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING
CHAPTER LI.: AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING from Oliver Twist. CHAPTER LI.: AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND
Open52CHAPTER LII.: FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
CHAPTER LII.: FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE from Oliver Twist. The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces. Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space. From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin. Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming
Open53CHAPTER LIII.: AND LAST
CHAPTER LIII.: AND LAST from Oliver Twist. The fortunes of those who have figured in this tale are nearly closed. The little that remains to their historian to relate, is told in few and simple
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