FOREWORD
1. Treats of the Place where Oliver Twist was Born,
and of the Circumstances attending his Birth
2. Treats of Oliver Twist"s Growth, Education, and
Board
3. Relates how Oliver Twist was very near getting a
Place, which would not have been a Sinecure
4. Oliver, being offered another Place, makes his
first Entry into Public Life
5. Oliver mingles with new Associates. Going to a
Funeral for the first Time, he forms an unfavour-
able Notion of his Master"s Business
6. Oliver, being goaded by the Taunts of Noah
rouses into Action, and rather astonishes him
7. Oliver continues refractory
8. Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the
Road a strange sort of young Gentleman
9. Containing further Particulars concerning the
pleasant old Gentleman, and his hopeful Pupils
10. Oliver becomes better acquainted with the Char-
acters of his new Associates; and purchases expe-
rience at a high Price. Being a short, but very
important Chapter, in this History
ll. Treats of Mr Fang the Police Magistrate; and fur-
nishes a slight Specimen of his Mode of adminis-
tering Justice
12. In which Oliver is taken better Care of than he
ever was before. With some particulars concern-
ing a certain picture
13. Reverts to the Merry Old Gentleman and his
Youthful Friends, through whom a new Acquain-
tance is introduced to the intelligent Reader, and
connected with whom various pleasant Matters
are related appertaining to this History
14. Comprising further Particulars of Oliver"s Stay at
Mr Browniow"s, with the remarkable Prediction
which one Mr Grimwig uttered concerning him,
~wben he went out on an Errand
15. Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist the
merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were
16. Relates what became of Oliver Twist after he had
been claimed by Nancy
17. Oliver"s Destiny continuing unpropitious, brings a
Great Man to .London to injure his Reputation
18. How Oliver passed his Tune in the improving So-
ciety of his reputable Friends
19. In which a notable Plan is discussed and deter-
mined on
20. Wherein Ofiver is delivered over to Mr William
Sikes
21. The Expedition
22. The Burglary
23. Which contains the Substance of a pleasant Con-
versation between Mr Bumble and a Lady; and
shows that even a Beadle may be susceptible on
some Points
24. Treats of a very poor Subject. But is a short one,
and may be found of Importance in this History
25. Wherein this History reverts to Mr Fagin and
Company
26. In which a mysterious Character appears upon the
Scene; and many Things, inseparable from this
History; are done and performed
27. Atones for the Unpoliteness of a former Chapter;
which deserted a Lady, most unceremoniously
28. Looks after Oliver, and proceeds with his Adven-
tures
29. Has an introductory Accou.nt of the Inmates of
the House to which Oliver resorted
30. Relates what Oliver"s new Visitors thought of him
31. Involves a critical Position
32. Of the happy Life Oliver began to lead with his
kind Friends
33. Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and his Friends
experiences a sudden Check
34. Contains some introductory Particulars relative to
a young Gentleman who now arrives upon the
Scene; and a new Adventure which happened to
Oliver
35. Containing the unsatisfactory Result of Oliver"s
Adventure; and a Conversation of some Impor-
tance between Harry Maylie and Rose
36. 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
37. In which the Reader may perceive a Contrast, not
uncommon in matrimonial Cases
38. Containing an Account of what passed between
Mr and Mrs Bumble, and Mr Monks, at their noc-
turnal Interview
39. Introduces some respectable Characters with
whom the Reader is already acquainted, and
shows how Monks and the Jew laid their worthy
Heads together
40. A strange Interview, which is a Sequel to the last
Chapter
41. Containing fresh Discoveries, and showing that
Surprises, like Misfortunes, seldom come alone
42. An old Acquaintance of Oliver"s, exhibiting de-
cided Marks of Genius, becomes a public Charac-
ter in the Metropolis
43, Wherein is shown how the Artful Dodger got into
Trouble
44. The Tune arrives for Nancy to redeem her Pledge
to Rose Maylie. She fails
45. Noah Claypole is employed by Fagin on a secret
Mission
46. The Appointment kept
47. Fatal Consequences
48. The Flight of Sikes
49. Monks and Mr Brownlow at length meet. Their
Conversation, and the Intelligence that interrupts it
50. The Pursuit and Escape
51. Affording an Explanation of more Mysteries than
one, and comprehending a Proposal of Marriage
with no Word of Settlement or Pin-money
52. Fagin"s Last Night alive
53. And Last
AFTERWORD
