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"Oliver Twist" is Charles Dickens' second novel. Like many of his books, it was first published in monthly instalments. Its first instalment came out in 1837, and its final chapters eventually came out in 1839.
The first chapters of Dickens’s first “true” novel, "Oliver Twist", which he began to write concurrently with the picaresque adventures of Mr. Pickwick, form a hard-hitting satire on the inhuman cruelties of the New Poor Laws of 1834. These dictated that society’s jobless and desperate should be virtually imprisoned in harsh institutions known as workhouses. Into one of these a little bastard boy is born—the lowest of the low, christened Oliver Twist by a pompous parish official, Mr. Bumble the beadle. Yet Oliver is in fact a gentleman by blood, with a fortune awaiting him, for his story is also a romance of origins, a battered child’s wish fulfilment.
It is a gritty, realistic novel that is full of Dickens' trademark satire on class and whatnot. Even if you haven't read it, you've probably seen one of the dozen or so movies based on it.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (493.2K)
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GenreHumor, Literary Classics, Romance
Length17 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1. Treats Of The Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born...
2Chapter 2. Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board
3Chapter 3. Relates How Oliver Twist Was Very Near Getting A Place...
4Chapter 4. Oliver, Being Offered Another Place, Makes His First Entry...
5Chapter 5. Oliver Mingles With New Associates...
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6Chapter 6. Oliver, Being Goaded By The Taunts Of Noah...
7Chapter 7. Oliver Continues Refractory
8Chapter 8. Oliver Walks To London. He Encounters On The Road...
9Chapter 9. Containing Further Particulars Concerning The Pleasant...
10Chapter 10. Oliver Becomes Better Acquainted With The Characters...
11Chapter 11. Treats Of Mr. Fang The Police Magistrate...
12Chapter 12. In Which Oliver Is Taken Better Care Of...
13Chapter 13. Some New Acquaintances Are Introduced To The Intelligent Reader...
14Chapter 14. Comprising Further Particulars Of Oliver's Stay...
15Chapter 15. Showing How Very Fond Of Oliver Twist, The Merry Old Jew...
16Chapter 16 . Relates What Became Of Oliver Twist...
17Chapter 17. Oliver's Destiny Continuing Unpropitious, Brings A Great Man...
18Chapter 18. How Oliver Passed His Time In The Improving Society...
19Chapter 19. In Which A Notable Plan Is Discussed And Determined On
20Chapter 20. Wherein Oliver Is Delivered Over To Mr. William Sikes
21Chapter 21. The Expedition
22Chapter 22. The Burglary
23Chapter 23. Which Contains The Substance Of A Pleasant Conversation...
24Chapter 24. Treats On A Very Poor Subject. But Is A Short One...
25Chapter 25. Wherein This History Reverts To Mr. Fagin And Company
26Chapter 26. In Which A Mysterious Character Appears Upon The Scene...
27Chapter 27. Atones For The Unpoliteness Of A Former Chapter...
28Chapter 28. Looks After Oliver, And Proceeds With His Adventures
29Chapter 29. Has An Introductory Account Of The Inmates Of The House...
30Chapter 30. Relates What Oliver's New Visitors Thought Of Him
31Chapter 31. Involves A Critical Position
32Chapter 32. Of The Happy Life Oliver Began To Lead With His Kind Friends
33Chapter 33. Wherein The Happiness Of Oliver And His Friends...
34Chapter 34. Contains Some Introductory Particulars Relative...
35Chapter 35. Containing The Unsatisfactory Result Of...
36Chapter 36. Is A Very Short One, And May Appear Of No Great Importance...
37Chapter 37. In Which The Reader May Perceive A Contrast...
38Chapter 38. Containing An Account Of What Passed Between...
39Chapter 39. Introduces Some Respectable Characters With Whom...
40Chapter 40. A Strange Interview, Which Is A Sequel To The Last Chamber
41Chapter 41. Containing Fresh Discoveries, And Showing That Surprises...
42Chapter 42. An Old Acquaintance Of Oliver's, Exhibiting Decided Marks...
43Chapter 43. Wherein Is Shown How The Artful Dodger Got Into Trouble
44Chapter 44. The Time Arrives For Nancy To Redeem Her Pledge To Rose Maylie...
45Chapter 45. Noah Claypole Is Employed By Fagin On A Secret Mission
46Chapter 46. The Appointment Kept
47Chapter 47. Fatal Consequences
48Chapter 48. The Flight Of Sikes
49Chapter 49. Monks And Mr. Brownlow At Length Meet. Their Conversation...
50Chapter 50. The Pursuit And Escape
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