CHAPTER I 1 TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN; AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH 1 CHAPTER II 4 TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST'S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD 4 CHAPTER III 17 RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE 17 CHAPTER IV 28 OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE 28 CHAPTER V 37 OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS 37 CHAPTER VI 50 OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM 50 CHAPTER VII 56 OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY 56 CHAPTER VIII 64 OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN 64 CHAPTER IX 75 CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS 75 CHAPTER X 83 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 83 CHAPTER XI 89 TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE 89 CHAPTER XII 98 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 98 CHAPTER XIII 109 SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY 109 CHAPTER XIV 119 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 119 CHAPTER XV 132 SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND Miss NANCY WERE 132 CHAPTER XVI 140 RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY 141 CHAPTER XVII 152 OLIVER'S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION 152 CHAPTER XVIII 164 How OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS 164 CHAPTER XIX 174 IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON 174 CHAPTER XX 185 WHEREIN OLIVER is DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES 185 CHAPTER XXI 195 THE EXPEDITION 195 CHAPTER XXII 202 THE BURGLARY 202 CHAPTER XXIII 211 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 211 CHAPTER XXIV 220 TREATS OF A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT is A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY 220 CHAPTER XXV 227 WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REFERS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY 227 CHAPTER XXVI 234 IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED 235 CHAPTER XXVII 249 ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY 249 CHAPTER XXVIII 258 LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES 258 CHAPTER XXIX 270 HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED 270 CHAPTER XXX 275 RELATES WHAT OLIVER'S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM 275 CHAPTER XXXI 283 INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION 283 CHAPTER XXXII 296 OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS 296 CHAPTER XXXIII 307 WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK 307 CHAPTER XXXIV 317 CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER 318 CHAPTER XXXV 330 CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER'S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE 330 CHAPTER XXXVI 339 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 339 CHAPTER XXXVII 342 IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES 342 CHAPTER XXXVIII 355 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW 355 CHAPTER XXXIX 367 INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER 367 CHAPTER XL 385 A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAPTER 385 CHAPTER XLI 393 CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SURPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE 393 CHAPTER XLII 405 AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER'S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS 405 CHAPTER XLIII 418 WHEREIN is SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE 418 CHAPTER XLIV 431 THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS 431 CHAPTER XLV 439 NOAH CLAYPOLE is EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION 439 CHAPTER XLVI 443 THE APPOINTMENT KEPT 443 CHAPTER XLVII 455 FATAL CONSEQUENCES 455 CHAPTER XLVIII 464 THE FLIGHT OF SlKES 464 CHAPTER XLIX 475 MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT 475 CHAPTER L 487 THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE 487 CHAPTER LI 501 AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY 501 CHAPTER LII 516 FAGIN'S LAST NIGHT ALIVE 516 CHAPTER LIII 527 AND LAST 527