Oliver Twist: The Parish Boy's Progress - With Appreciations and Criticisms By G. K. ChestertonCharles Dickens's second novel, “Oliver Twist” was first published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and centres around the story of orphan Oliver Twist, who was born in a workhouse and sold as an apprentice to an undertaker. When he manages to escape, Oliver travels to London where he encounters the “Artful Dodger” and his gang of pickpockets. A gritty representation of the London underworld, “Oliver” famously exposed the hardships of the poor, especially the terrible treatment of orphans in the mid-19th century. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic famous for having created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters. His works became unprecedentedly popular during his life, and today he is commonly regarded as the greatest Victorian-era novelist. Although perhaps better known for such works as “Great Expectations” or “A Christmas Carol”, Dickens first gained success with the 1836 serial publication of “The Pickwick Papers”, which turned him almost overnight into an international literary celebrity thanks to his humour, satire, and astute observations concerning society and character. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from “Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens” by G. K. Chesterton. |
Contents
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXIX | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
CHAPTER XXXI | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
CHAPTER VIII | |
CHAPTER IX | |
CHAPTER X | |
CHAPTER XI | |
CHAPTER XII | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XIX | |
CHAPTER XX | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
CHAPTER XXVI | |
CHAPTER XXVII | |
CHAPTER XXXVI | |
CHAPTER XXXVII | |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIX | |
CHAPTER XL | |
CHAPTER XLI | |
CHAPTER XLII | |
CHAPTER XLIII | |
CHAPTER XLIV | |
CHAPTER XLV | |
CHAPTER XLVI | |
CHAPTER XLVII | |
CHAPTER XLVIII | |
CHAPTER XLIX | |
CHAPTER L | |
CHAPTER LI | |
CHAPTER LII | |
CHAPTER LIII | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Artful Dodger asked beadle beadle's Bedwin Bill Bill Sikes Blathers Bolter Brittles Brownlow Bumble Bumble's candle chair Charley Bates Charlotte Chertsey child Chitling Claypole companion Corney cried dark dear Dickens doctor Dodger door exclaimed eyes face Gamfield Giles glance Grimwig hand happy head hear heard heart heerd housebreaker inquired Jacob's Island John Dawkins laugh looked Losberne ma'am Mann Master Bates matron Maylie mind Monks morning Nancy never night Noah nodded old gentleman old lady Oliver Twist Oliver's once pocket poor porochial rejoined replied Fagin replied Oliver replied Sikes replied the Jew returned Rose Rose Maylie round Saffron Hill seemed smile smock-frock Sowerberry speak stopped street tears tell thing thought to-night took turned voice waistcoat walked What's whispered window woman words workhouse young lady