Chapter 1 Treats of the place where Oliver Twist
was born, and of the circumstances attending
his birth
Chapter 2 Treats of Oliver Twist's growth,education, and board
Chapter 3 Relates how Oliver Twist was very near
getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
Chapter 4 Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life
Chapter 5 Oliver mingles with new associates.
Going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master's business
Chapter 6 Oliver, being goaded by the taunts of
Noah, muses into action, and rather astonishes him
Chapter 7 Oliver continues refractory
Chapter 8 Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman
Chapter 9 Containing further particulars
concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils
Chapter 10 Oliver becomes better acquainted with
the characters of his new associates; and purchases
experience at a high price. Being a short, but very
important chapter, in this history
Chapter 11 Treats of Mr. Fang the police magistrate;
and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of
administering justice
Chapter 12 In which Oliver is taken better care of
than he ever was before. And in which the
narrative reverts to the merry old gentleman
and his youthful friends
Chapter 13 Some new acquaintances are
introduced to the intelligent reader, connected
with whom various pleasant matters are related,
appertaining to this history
Chapter 14 Comprising further particulars of
Oliver's stay at Mr. Brownlow's, with the
remarkable prediction which one Mr. Grimwig
uttered concerning him, when he went out on
an errand
Chapter 15 Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist,
the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were
Chapter 16 Relates what became of Oliver Twist,
after he had been claimed by Nancy
Chapter 17 Oliver's destiny continuing
unpropitious, brings a great man to London to
injure his reputation
Chapter 18 How Oliver passed his time in the
improving society of his reputable friends
Chapter 19 In which a notable plan is discussed
and determined on
Chapter 20 Wherein Oliver is delivered over to
Mr. William Sikes
Chapter 21 The Expedition
Chapter 22 The Burglary
Chapter 23 Which contains the substance of a
pleasant conversation between Mr. Bumble and
a lady; and shows that even a beadie may be
susceptible on some points
Chapter 24 Treats of a very poor subject. But it is
a short one, and may be found of importance in
this history
Chapter 25 Wherein this history reverts to
Mr. Fagin and company
Chapter 26 In which a mysterious character
appears upon the scene; and many things,
inseparable from this history, are done and
performed
Chapter 27 Atones for the unpoliteness of a
former chapter; which deserted a lady, most
unceremoniously
Chapter 28 Looks after Oliver, and proceeds with
his adventures
Chapter 29 Has an introductory account of the
inmates of the house, to which Oliver resorted
Chapter 30 Relates what 0liver's new visitors
thought of him
Chapter 31 Involves a critical position
Chapter 32 Of the happy life Oliver began to lead
with his kind friends
Chapter 33 Wherein the happiness of Oliver and
his friends, experiences a sudden check
Chapter 34 Contains some introductory particulars
relative to a young gentleman who now arrives
upon the scene; and a new adventure which
happened to Oliver
Chapter 35 Containing the unsatisfactory result of
Oliver's adventure; and a conversation of some
importance between Harry Maylie and Rose
Chapter 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
Chapter 37 In which the reader may perceive a
contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases...
Chapter 38 Containing an account of what passed
between Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, and Mr. Monks,
at their nocturnal interview
Chapter 39 Introduces some respectable characters
with whom the reader is already acquainted, and
shows how Monks and the Jew laid their worthy
heads together
Chapter 40 A strange interview, which is a sequel
to the last chapter
Chapter 41 Containing fresh discoveries, and
showing that surprises, like misfortunes,
seldom come alone
Chapter 42 An old acquaintance of Oliver's,
exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a
public character in the metropolis
Chapter 43 Wherein is shown how the Artful
Dodger got into trouble
Chapter 44 The time arrives for Nancy to redeem
her pledge to Rose Maylie. She fails
Chapter 45 Noah Claypole is employed by Fagin
on a secret mission
Chapter 46 The appointment kept
Chapter 47 Fatal consequences
Chapter 48 The flight of Sikes
Chapter 49 Monks and Mr. Brownlow at length
meet. Their conversation, and the intelligence
that interrupts it
Chapter 50 The pursuit and escape
Chapter 51 Affording an explanation of more
mysteries than one, and comprehending a
proposal of marriage with no word of settlement
or pin-money
Chapter 52 Fagin's last night alive
Chapter 53 And last
