He then has an ominous meeting with a person called Monks, who is angry with Fagin, who he claims has failed in his obligation to ruin Oliver by tricking him into a lawless life Fagin makes anxious inquiries about Sikes. Immediately thereafter Bumble and the matron agree to marry.įagin is greatly upset when Toby Crackit returns alone. Corney, the matron, sees the old woman alone before she expires. In the workhouse, Sally, the old pauper who attended Oliver's mother, is dying. The robbers run off with the wounded Oliver but abandon him in a ditch. The occupants are aroused and in the resulting melee, Oliver is shot. Sikes takes Oliver westward through the city to a rendezvous near Chertsey with Toby Crackit.Īt the house that is to be burglarized, Oliver is hoisted through a small window. Bumble turns Oliver's benefactor against him by grossly misrepresenting the boy's history and character.Įager to get Oliver completely in his power by thoroughly involving the child in some crime, Fagin convinces Bill Sikes to use Oliver in a major burglary that is being planned. In the meantime, Bumble, a minor parish official from Oliver's birthplace, answers Brownlow's advertisement inquiring about Oliver. Oliver is restored to Fagin, who holds him in strict captivity for a while. The boy is recaptured by Nancy and her friend Bill Sikes, a vicious lawbreaker. Grimwig, Brownlow's friend, has no faith in Oliver, so Oliver is sent on an errand to test his honesty. Nancy, one of his trusty retainers, is set on the boy's trail as the gang shifts headquarters. Fagin is apprehensive and furious at Oliver's rescue. While Oliver recovers at his benefactor's home, Brownlow is puzzled by the resemblance between Oliver's features and the portrait of a young woman. Oliver collapses and is taken home by Mr. At the police station, the terrified boy is cleared by the testimony of the bookseller who witnessed the theft.
His companions pick an old gentleman's pocket and flee, and Oliver is arrested for their offense. Instructed in the "art" of picking pockets, Oliver goes out with Charles Bates and the Dodger. Near London, Oliver joins company with John Dawkins, The Artful Dodger, a questionable character who brings the boy to Fagin, the ringleader of a gang of criminals. Consequently, Oliver runs away and heads for London.
Noah Claypole, a charity boy working for Oliver's master, goads Oliver to rebellion, for which Oliver is savagely flogged. After representing his fellow sufferers in an attempt to get more food, Oliver is punished and is apprenticed to Sowerberry, an undertaker. After nine years of mistreatment, the boy is returned to the workhouse for even more abuse.
The infant's father is unknown, and the orphan is placed in a private juvenile home. Oliver Twist's mother dies after the birth of her child in a workhouse.
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