Oliver Twist: Summary
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Oliver Twist is born an orphan when his mother dies in the Parish Workhouse. Oliver is raised by parish charity, unloved, underfed, and overworked. When he was nine, he dared to ask for seconds at dinner one night in the parish workhouse. He was sold to Mr.Sowerberry, an undertaker, for his taking ....
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.... with Mr.Brownlow. So oneday Fagin sends his boys to kidnap Oliver.
In the months that follow, Oliver stays with Mrs.Maylie and her niece Rose. Then one of Fagin’s thieves, Monks, goes to the Bumbles to buy the evidence of Oliver’s parentage- a locket left by his mother. Monk throws it into a river, then tells Fagin to make Oliver a thief again.
One day Nancy, a thief, overhears Fagin and Bill Sikes talking about Oliver and what they are going to do to him. Bill Sikes finds out Nancy told ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
