The Adventures of Oliver Twist And a Child's History of EnglandCosimo, Inc., 2005 M12 1 - 656 páginas "Oh! you really expect him to come back, do you?" inquired Mr. Grimwig. "Don't you?" asked Mr. Brownlow, smiling. The spirit of contradiction was strong in Mr. Grimwig's breast, at the moment; and it was rendered stronger by his friend's confident smile. "No," he said, smiting the table with his fist, "I do not. The boy has a new suit of clothes on his back, a set of valuable books under his arm, and a five-pound note in his pocket. He'll join his old friends the thieves, and laugh at you. If ever that boy returns to this house, sir, I'll eat my head." -from Chapter XIV In February 1837, the new British magazine Bentley's Miscellany published the first installment in a serial story written by its editor. Its star was a good-hearted orphan boy; its author was Charles Dickens; and by the time it concluded in March 1839, Oliver Twist would become one of the most beloved of Dickens' novels. First published in book form in 1838, it has never been out of print, and little wonder: it is the classic rags-to-riches story, and a foundation of modern popular fiction that is required and highly enjoyable reading for all lovers of literature. Also in this volume: Dickens' A Child's History of England, a charming survey of the story of the Sceptred Isle from the time of the Romans through the 1830s. Simply written but wide-ranging, it's a delightful read for Dickens devotees. British author CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) remains one of the most popular writers in the world. A spinner of stories of satire and social criticism-including Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and the work considered his greatest, David Copperfield-his writings have entertainedgenerations of readers and influenced generations of writers. ~ ~ ~ |
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... body , and raised the left hand . " The old story , " he said , shaking his head : " no wedding - ring , I see . Ah ! Good night ! " The medical gentleman walked away to dinner ; and the nurse , having once more applied herself to the ...
... body , and raised the left hand . " The old story , " he said , shaking his head : " no wedding - ring , I see . Ah ! Good night ! " The medical gentleman walked away to dinner ; and the nurse , having once more applied herself to the ...
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... body and found nothing inside ( which was very probable indeed ) , and the latter of whom invariably swore whatever the parish wanted ; which was very self - devotional . Besides , the board made periodical pilgrimages to the farm , and ...
... body and found nothing inside ( which was very probable indeed ) , and the latter of whom invariably swore whatever the parish wanted ; which was very self - devotional . Besides , the board made periodical pilgrimages to the farm , and ...
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... body not to be deeply impressed upon his recollection . " Will she go with me ? inquired poor Oliver . " No , she can't , " replied Mr. Bumble , " but she'll come and see you sometimes . " This was no very great consolation to the child ...
... body not to be deeply impressed upon his recollection . " Will she go with me ? inquired poor Oliver . " No , she can't , " replied Mr. Bumble , " but she'll come and see you sometimes . " This was no very great consolation to the child ...
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... body . The kennel was stagnant and filthy . The very rats , which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness , were hideous with famine . There was neither knocker nor bell - handle at the open door where Oliver and his master ...
... body . The kennel was stagnant and filthy . The very rats , which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness , were hideous with famine . There was neither knocker nor bell - handle at the open door where Oliver and his master ...
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... body into an extensive variety of eel - like positions ; thereby giving Mr. Bumble to understand that , from the violent and sanguinary onset of Oliver Twist , he had sustained severe internal injury and damage , from which he was , at ...
... body into an extensive variety of eel - like positions ; thereby giving Mr. Bumble to understand that , from the violent and sanguinary onset of Oliver Twist , he had sustained severe internal injury and damage , from which he was , at ...
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Wherein is shown how the Artful Dodger got into Trouble | 252 |
The Time arrives for Nancy to redeem her Pledge to Rose | 259 |
The Appointment kept | 267 |
Fatal Consequences | 274 |
The Flight of Sikes | 279 |
Monks and Mr Brownlow at length meet Their Con | 286 |
The Pursuit and Escape | 293 |
Affording an Explanation of more Mysteries than one | 301 |
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The Expedition | 118 |
Treats of a very poor Subject But is a short one | 133 |
In which a mysterious Character appears upon the Scene | 142 |
Atones for the unpoliteness of a former Chapter which | 151 |
Has an Introductory Account of the Inmates of the House | 163 |
Involves a critical Position | 171 |
Of the happy Life Oliver began to lead with his kind | 179 |
Contains some Introductory Particulars relative to a young | 191 |
Containing the unsatisfactory Result of Olivers Adventure | 199 |
In which the Reader may perceive a Contrast not | 206 |
Containing an Account of what passed between | 214 |
Introduces some respectable Characters with whom | 221 |
A Strange Interview which is a Sequel to the last Chapter | 232 |
Containing fresh Discoveries and showing that Surprises | 237 |
An old Acquaintance of Olivers exhibiting certain marks | 244 |
The Jews last Night alive | 310 |
And Last | 317 |
PAGE | 325 |
CHAPTER X | 370 |
CHAPTER XI | 378 |
CHAPTER XIII | 395 |
CHAPTER XIV | 401 |
CHAPTER XV | 410 |
CHAPTER XVI | 420 |
CHAPTER XVII | 432 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 439 |
PAGE | 520 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 535 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 553 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 565 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 587 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 599 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 615 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 625 |
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Página 534 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.
Página 4 - ... a parish child — the orphan of a workhouse — the humble, half-starved drudge — to be cuffed and buffeted through the world — despised by all, and pitied by none.
Página 10 - It was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes; a tavern where there was nothing to pay; a public breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round; a brick and mortar elysium, where it was all play and no work. 'Oho!' said the board, looking very knowing, 'we are the fellows to set this to rights; we'll stop it all, in no time.
Página 359 - ... Battle. With the first dawn of day, they arose. There, in the faint light, were the English on a hill; a wood behind them; in their midst, the Royal banner, representing a fighting warrior, woven in gold thread, adorned with precious stones; beneath the banner, as it rustled in the wind, stood King Harold on foot, with two of his remaining brothers by his side; around them, still and silent as the dead, clustered the whole English army every soldier covered by his shield, and bearing in his hand...
Página 520 - The plain truth is, that he was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the History of England.
Página 29 - ... kneel down, kneel down — kneel round her, every one of you, and mark my words ! I say she was starved to death. I never knew how bad she was, till the fever came upon her ; and then her bones were starting through the skin. There was neither fire nor candle ; she died in the dark — in the dark ! She couldn't even see her children's faces, though we heard her gasping out their names.
Página 5 - ... sickened from want and cold, or fell into the fire from neglect, or got half-smothered by accident ; in any one of which cases the miserable little being was usually summoned into another world, and there gathered to the fathers it had never known in this.
Página 341 - And these were the first lanthorns ever made in England. All this time, he was afflicted with a terrible unknown disease, which caused him violent and frequent pain that nothing could relieve. He bore it, as he had borne all the troubles of his life, like a brave good man, until he was fifty-three years old : and then, having reigned thirty years, he died. He died in the year nine hundred and one ; but, long ago as that is, his fame, and the love and gratitude with which his subjects regarded him,...
Página 115 - ... and led on, by their own bad thoughts, to such dreadful bloodshed as it made the flesh creep, and the limbs quail, to think of. The terrible descriptions were so real and vivid, that the sallow pages seemed to turn red with gore ; and the words upon them, to be sounded in his ears, as if they were whispered, in hollow murmurs, by the spirits of the dead.