Alone in the world, Oliver is brought up in the workhouses and sent out to work. To escape from beatings he runs away to London. There he meets the Artful Dodger, Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes. They try to turn Oliver into a criminal. But Oliver finds new friends who want to protect him. Will they succeed?
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Chapter 1 Oliver Twist Is Born
Chapter 2 Early Years
Chapter 3 A Climney Sweep Offers to Take Oliver
Chapter 4 Oliver Is Apprenticed to an Undertaker
Chapter 5 Noah Claypole
Chapter 6 The Artful Dodger
Chapter 7 Fagin and his band
Chapter 8 Oliver Is Arrested
Chapter 9 Oliver Is Released
Chapter 10 Oliver Stays at Mr. Brownlow's
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