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Oliver Twist

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Also known as
The Adventures of Oliver Twist and Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress

First publication
1837–1839 in Bentley's Miscellany

Publication in book form
1838

Literature form
Novel

Genres
Literary

Writing language
English

Author's country
England

Length
Approx. 166,000 words

Notable lines

Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse....

— Last lines

"Please, sir, I want some more."

 

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."

 

"What a fine thing capital punishment is! Dead men never repent; dead men never bring awkward stories to light."

 

But, if the spirits of the Dead ever come back to earth, to visit spots hallowed by the love—the love beyond the grave—of those whom they knew in life, I believe that the shade of Agnes sometimes hovers round that solemn nook. I believe it none the less because that nook is in a Church, and she was weak and erring.

 

...I believe that the shade of Agnes sometimes hovers round that solemn nook. I believe it none the less because that nook is in a Church, and she was weak and erring.

— Last lines

 

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