Oliver Twist is born and raised, orphan, in a workhouse, in a provincial town. Oliver is raised under the care of Mrs. Mann, and the beadle Mr. Bumble. One day Oliver pulled the short straw, and was challenged to ask for more food, at the dinner table. Mr. Bumble wouldn’t tolerate that kind of behavior, and Oliver got sold. Oliver was sold and apprenticed to an undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry. Mr. Sowerberry’s other apprentice, Noah, insults Oliver’s dead mom and Oliver gets mad, and attacks him. Oliver gets punished, and later on he escapes. He decides to run away to London. After walking about 80 miles, Oliver reaches London. In London, Oliver meets the Artful Dodger.
The Artful Dodger takes Oliver to Fagin’s place, in the slums. Fagin trains his gang of young boys to become pickpockets. Oliver does not understand what kind of an environment he is in, or what kind of persons he is walking among, until he sees what is going on. Oliver gets so shocked, by the fact that they are pickpockets that he couldn’t escape, before he was caught. Luckily the victim, the old man Mr. Brownlow, rescues Oliver from getting arrested. Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver with him home, where Mrs. Bedwin (Brownlow’s housekeeper) nurses Oliver. Few days later Nancy, who is a familiar to Fagin, kidnaps Oliver. The reason why Fagin does that is because he doesn’t want Oliver to tell something about his gang.
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