Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure 
Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
- Charles Dickens
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- The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
- The Author’s Preface to the Third Edition*
- Chapter I treats of the place where oliver twist was born; and of the circumstances attending his birth
- Chapter II treats of oliver twist’s growth, education, and board
- Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
- Chapter IV oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life
- Chapter V oliver mingles with new associates. going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master’s business
- Chapter VI oliver, being goaded by the taunts of noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him
- Chapter VII oliver continues refractory
- Chapter VIII oliver walks to london. he encounters on the road, a strange sort of young gentleman
- Chapter IX containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils
- Chapter X 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 XI treats of mr. fang the police magistrate; and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of administering justice
- Chapter XII 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 XIII some new acquaintances are introduced to the intelligent reader; connected with whom, various pleasant matters are related, appertaining to this history
- Chapter XIV 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 XV* shewing how very fond of oliver twist, the merry old jew and miss nancy were
- Chapter XVI relates what became of oliver twist, after he had been claimed by nancy
- Chapter XVII oliver’s destiny, continuing unpropitious, brings a great man to london to injure his reputation
- Chapter XVIII how oliver passed his time, in the improving society of his reputable friends
- Chapter XIX in which a notable plan is discussed and determined on
- Chapter XX wherein oliver is delivered over to mr. william sikes
- Chapter XXI the expedition
- Chapter XXII the burglary
- Chapter XXIII which contains the substance of a pleasant conversation between mr. bumble and a lady; and shews that even a beadle may be susceptible on some points
- Chapter XXIV treats of a very poor subject. but is a short one; and may be found of importance in this history
- Chapter XXV wherein this history reverts to mr. fagin and company
- Chapter XXVI in which, a mysterious character appears upon the scene; and many things, inseparable from this history, are done and performed
- Chapter XXVII atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously
- Chapter XXVIII looks, after oliver, and proceeds with his? adventures
- Chapter XXIX has an introductory account of the inmates of the house, to which oliver resorted
- Chapter XXX relates what oliver’s new visitors thought of him
- Chapter XXXI involves a critical position
- Chapter XXXII of the happy life oliver began to lead with his kind friends
- Chapter XXXIII wherein the happiness of oliver and his friends, experiences a sudden check
- Chapter XXXIV contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene; and a new adventure which happened to oliver
- Chapter XXXV containing the unsatisfactory result of oliver’s adventure; and a conversation of some importance between harry maylie and rose
- Chapter XXXVI 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 XXXVII in which the reader may perceive a contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases
- Chapter XXXVIII containing an account of what passed between mr. and mrs. bumble, and monks, at their nocturnal interview
- Chapter XXXIX introduces some respectable characters with whom the reader is already acquainted, and shews how monks and the jew laid their worthy heads together
- Chapter XL a strange interview, which is a sequel to the last chapter
- Chapter XLI containing fresh discoveries, and shewing that surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone
- Chapter XLII an old acquaintance of oliver’s, exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a public character in the metropolis
- Chapter XLIII wherein is shown how the artful dodger got into trouble
- Chapter XLIV the time arrives, for nancy to redeem her pledge to rose maylie. she fails
- Chapter XLV noah claypole is employed by fagin on a secret mission
- Chapter XLVI the appointment kept
- Chapter XLVII fatal consequences
- Chapter XLVIII the flight of sikes
- Chapter XLIX monks and mr. brownlow at length meet. their conversation, and the intelligence that interrupts it
- Chapter L the pursuit and escape
- Chapter LI affording an explanation of more mysteries than one, and comprehending a proposal of marriage with no word of settlement or pin-money
- Chapter LII the jew’s last night alive
- Chapter LIII and last
Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
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- The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
- The Author’s Preface to the Third Edition*
- Chapter I treats of the place where oliver twist was born; and of the circumstances attending his birth
- Chapter II treats of oliver twist’s growth, education, and board
- Chapter III relates how oliver twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure
- Chapter IV oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life
- Chapter V oliver mingles with new associates. going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master’s business
- Chapter VI oliver, being goaded by the taunts of noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him
- Chapter VII oliver continues refractory
- Chapter VIII oliver walks to london. he encounters on the road, a strange sort of young gentleman
- Chapter IX containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils
- Chapter X 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 XI treats of mr. fang the police magistrate; and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of administering justice
- Chapter XII 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 XIII some new acquaintances are introduced to the intelligent reader; connected with whom, various pleasant matters are related, appertaining to this history
- Chapter XIV 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 XV* shewing how very fond of oliver twist, the merry old jew and miss nancy were
- Chapter XVI relates what became of oliver twist, after he had been claimed by nancy
- Chapter XVII oliver’s destiny, continuing unpropitious, brings a great man to london to injure his reputation
- Chapter XVIII how oliver passed his time, in the improving society of his reputable friends
- Chapter XIX in which a notable plan is discussed and determined on
- Chapter XX wherein oliver is delivered over to mr. william sikes
- Chapter XXI the expedition
- Chapter XXII the burglary
- Chapter XXIII which contains the substance of a pleasant conversation between mr. bumble and a lady; and shews that even a beadle may be susceptible on some points
- Chapter XXIV treats of a very poor subject. but is a short one; and may be found of importance in this history
- Chapter XXV wherein this history reverts to mr. fagin and company
- Chapter XXVI in which, a mysterious character appears upon the scene; and many things, inseparable from this history, are done and performed
- Chapter XXVII atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously
- Chapter XXVIII looks, after oliver, and proceeds with his? adventures
- Chapter XXIX has an introductory account of the inmates of the house, to which oliver resorted
- Chapter XXX relates what oliver’s new visitors thought of him
- Chapter XXXI involves a critical position
- Chapter XXXII of the happy life oliver began to lead with his kind friends
- Chapter XXXIII wherein the happiness of oliver and his friends, experiences a sudden check
- Chapter XXXIV contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene; and a new adventure which happened to oliver
- Chapter XXXV containing the unsatisfactory result of oliver’s adventure; and a conversation of some importance between harry maylie and rose
- Chapter XXXVI 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 XXXVII in which the reader may perceive a contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases
- Chapter XXXVIII containing an account of what passed between mr. and mrs. bumble, and monks, at their nocturnal interview
- Chapter XXXIX introduces some respectable characters with whom the reader is already acquainted, and shews how monks and the jew laid their worthy heads together
- Chapter XL a strange interview, which is a sequel to the last chapter
- Chapter XLI containing fresh discoveries, and shewing that surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone
- Chapter XLII an old acquaintance of oliver’s, exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a public character in the metropolis
- Chapter XLIII wherein is shown how the artful dodger got into trouble
- Chapter XLIV the time arrives, for nancy to redeem her pledge to rose maylie. she fails
- Chapter XLV noah claypole is employed by fagin on a secret mission
- Chapter XLVI the appointment kept
- Chapter XLVII fatal consequences
- Chapter XLVIII the flight of sikes
- Chapter XLIX monks and mr. brownlow at length meet. their conversation, and the intelligence that interrupts it
- Chapter L the pursuit and escape
- Chapter LI affording an explanation of more mysteries than one, and comprehending a proposal of marriage with no word of settlement or pin-money
- Chapter LII the jew’s last night alive
- Chapter LIII and last
