Bumble was at once instructed that Oliver Twist and his indentures were to be conveyed before the magistrate, for signature and approval, that very afternoon.8In pursuance of this determination, little

Gamfield smiled, too, as he perused the document; for five pounds was just the sum he had been wishing for; and, as to the boy with which it was encumbered, Mr. Gamfield, knowing what the dietary of the

CHAPTER IIIRelates how Oliver Twist was very near gettinga place, which would not have been a sinecure.For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained

The room in which the boys were fed, was a large stone hall, with a copper at one end: out of which the master, dressed in an apron for the purpose, and assisted by one or two women, ladled the gruel at

Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble: and the beadle gave him another tap behind, which made him cry. These two causes made him answer in a very low and hesitating

Bumble!”“I, Mrs. Mann. We name our fondlings in alphabetical order. The last was a S,—Swubble, I named him. This was a T,-Twist, I named him. The next one as comes will be Unwin, and the next Vilkins.

Bumble, the beadle, striving to undo the wicket of the garden-gate.“Goodness gracious! Is that you, Mr. Bumble, sir?” said Mrs. Mann, thrusting her head out of the window in well-affected ecstasies of

CHAPTER IITreats of Oliver Twist’s growth,education, and board.For the next eight or ten months, Oliver was the victim of a sys tematic course of treachery and deception. He was brought up by hand. The

CHAPTER ITreats of the place whereOliver Twist was born, and of thecircumstances attending his birth.Among other public buildings in a certain town,hwhich for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain

It is wonderful how Virtue turns from dirty stockings, and how Vice, married to ribbons and a little gay attire, changes her name, as wedded ladies do, and becomes Romance.But as the stern truth, even

PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION 1867Once upon a time it was held to be a coarse and shocking circumstance that some of the characters in these pages are chosen from the most criminal and degraded

PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITIONAt page 267 of this present edition of Oliver Twist there is a de scription of “the filthiest, the strangest, the most extraordi nary of the many localities that are hidden

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