Dickens The Adventures of Oliver Twist. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. Oliver's Life at Mrs Maylie's

Year of writing: 1839

Genre: novel

Main characters: Oliver Twist- baby, mr. Brownlow, Monks, Sykes, Nancy

Plot

Oliver did not know his mother and lived in a workhouse until the age of nine. Then he was apprenticed to an undertaker, from there he escaped due to abuse and fell to the very bottom of London life. He lived among thieves and murderers, swindlers and robbers. They tried to turn the boy into a criminal, but their plans were ruined by his unwillingness to lead a life of crime. But even there there were kind people who felt sympathy for the child and tried to help. In the end, the secret of the boy's origin was revealed, and he was found by relatives who had been looking for his mother for many years and did not even know about Oliver's existence.

Conclusion (my opinion)

As in all Dickens novels, good triumphs over evil, all positive characters are rewarded, and negative ones get what they deserve. Oliver was a good and honest boy who endured many trials and tribulations, and, quite undeservedly, but remained all the same kind and honest.

Section I

tells about the place where Oliver Twist was born, and about the circumstances under which this happened

Every town in England has a workhouse. In one city, in such a public institution, “the mortal whose name you see in the title of this section was born.” If, at the time of his birth, he was “surrounded by caring grandmothers, worried aunts, experienced mothers and polysyllabic doctors, then he would certainly and inevitably have ended.” He didn't breathe for several minutes. But next to him were only a drunken beggar woman and a parish doctor, so Oliver and Nature fought one on one. As soon as he inhaled air, sneezed and screamed, a young mother stirred on the metal bed, with difficulty got up from the pillow, took the baby, “hotly pressed her cold lips to his forehead, ... shuddered, fell on the pillow - and died».

The doctor tried to do something, but in vain - the heart stopped forever. Leaving the room, he asked the beggar woman about the young woman, but she did not know either who she was or how she got to the city.

Baba put the newborn into a shabby, yellowed shirt, and it immediately became clear that the boy was not the son of a nobleman, but “a parish pupil, an orphan from a workhouse, a rootless, eternally hungry beggar who was not destined to know anything in life except kicks and kicks, who shove everything and spare no one.”

Section II

tells how Oliver Twist grew up, was brought up and fed

for the next eight to ten months, Oliver was on the verge of death. Then the parish leadership sent him to the “farm”, where, under the maternal supervision of an elderly woman, two or three dozen babies were busy on the floor. The old tutor supported the theory of the experimental philosopher "that the horse is able to live without food, successfully confirmed it by bringing the daily ration of his horse to one straw a day." The frisky steed died the day before he was supposed to switch to the consumption of fresh air alone.

Children starved, and died from accidents: either a child fell into a fire or managed to suffocate, or a cradle tumbled, or was scalded with boiling water. Sometimes there was an investigation into the death of an abandoned parish child, but the doctor and the parish Beadle swore that they wanted to hear from them the parish council.

This system of education paid off.

"On the day of his nineteenth birthday, Oliver Twist was pale, a frail boy, small in stature and thin as a chip."

that day the parish Beadle Bumble came to Mrs. Mann's "farm" to pick up Oliver. The hostess ordered the boy to be washed, and she herself began to generously treat Beedle with gin. Mr. Bumble drank half a glass in one gulp and began to tell the owner of the establishment how he came up with the names of a foundling in alphabetical order.

They brought in Oliver, who was ready to go with anyone and anywhere. But he "thought of pretending to be terribly reluctant to leave," especially since Mrs. Mann, standing behind Beedle's chair, stared furiously and showed her fist.

In the workhouse, Oliver was placed before the eyes of the council. “Mr. Bumble hit him once on the head with a stick to stir him up a little, and once on the back to cheer him up ... and led him into a large room where about a dozen smooth gentlemen were sitting around.” Oliver answered the gentlemen's questions quietly and haltingly, and the members of the council thought he was a fool.

They asked him if he knows that he has neither a father nor a mother, or he prays for all those who feed him, and the boy only sobbed bitterly.

The council members said that Oliver was already big, and therefore had to work off the bread. The boy had mikata yarn.

The council "took care" of the inhabitants of the workhouse. She accepted to feed the poor three times a day with liquid porridge, she herself separated the spouses and made single men out of men, hid the dead beggars. From such a life, the undertaker was never out of work.

The children were also given only porridge. It was poured into small bowls. After the bowl was empty, the children "carefully sucked their fingers in the hope that at least a grain of porridge stuck to them."

The guys were completely wild with hunger, and one of them said that, for goodness sake, he would eat his neighbor. His eyes were so wild, his comrades believed him unconditionally.

After dinner, Oliver asked for more porridge. The warden was dumbfounded with surprise, and then yelled, calling for Beadle.

Mr. Bumble immediately reported this advice, and the gentleman in the white waistcoat said that Oliver Twist would end his life on the gallows. The gentlemen discussed this unheard-of adventure and decided to offer five pounds to whoever would take Oliver with them.

Section III

tells how Oliver Twist almost got a place that was by no means heavenly

"For a whole week after Oliver Twist committed his blasphemous and shameful crime - he asked for more porridge - he, according to the wise and merciful decision of the council, was kept under lock and key in a dark punishment cell." It would be natural to assume that, according to the prediction of the gentleman in the white waistcoat, he could hang himself with a handkerchief. However, firstly, the council declared handkerchiefs a luxury item, and, secondly, his young age and childhood inexperience were an even greater obstacle.

Oliver wept bitterly every night, afraid of the dark. And in the morning in cold weather, he was doused with water from a pump and publicly flogged with rods as a warning and an example to others.

“One morning, when Oliver was in such a wonderful, blissful state, Mr. Gamfield, the chimney sweep, was walking along the main street of the town, thinking intensely about how to pay the rent ...” Suddenly he saw an advertisement on the gate of the workhouse for five pounds for a boy . It was five pounds that was not enough for him.

The chimney sweep asked the council to give Oliver, because he just needs an apprentice. The council members knew that Mr. Gamfield had several boys who had suffocated in the chimneys, but decided that the chimney sweep's offer suited them.

The agreement was made and Mr. Bumble took Oliver to court to legalize the paperwork. Dear Beadle explained to the boy that he should smile joyfully in court, and transparently hinted: if Oliver did not agree to go to science with a chimney sweep, "then he would suffer an unspeakably terrible punishment."

In court, two old gentlemen were sitting behind a desk. “The Judge had lost his vision long ago and almost fell into childhood,” but even he noticed Gamfield's vile cruel muzzle and Oliver's pale, frightened little face.

The court refused to approve the agreement, and "the next morning the citizens of the city were again informed that Oliver Twist was 'on loan' and five pounds would be paid to whoever wanted to take him."

Section IV

Oliver is offered another job and begins to work in the public interest.

The members of the council decided to send Oliver Twist to the sailors, so that on which ship he would either be caught to death or drowned by sailors who love such entertainment. But the boy was taken in by Mr. Sowerbury, the parish undertaker. “He was a tall, thin, oily man” with a face not for smiles, although he could joke on professional topics. The undertaker met Mr. Bumble, but also laughed at him because, since the council introduced a new system of food for the guests of the workhouse, the coffins have become narrower and lowered.

Little Oliver was given to the undertaker "for testing." The next day, Beadle Bumble took the boy to Mr. Sowerbury. On the way Oliver wept so bitterly that even Beedle's callous heart ached a little.

At the undertaker's house, Mrs. Sowerberry pushed Oliver into the so-called "kitchen," where Charlotte's maid, "a scruffy girl in worn boots and tattered blue woolen stockings," fed the boy scraps that a dog would have scorned. At night, Oliver was made a bed in the workshop among the coffins.

Section V

Oliver meets fellow professionals. After the first participation in the funeral, he has an unpleasant impression of the craft of his master.

Oliver was afraid to spend the night in the studio. “It seemed to him that just about some figure would let his head out of the coffin - and he would go crazy with horror.” But not only this terrible environment weighed on Oliver. Here he felt his loneliness especially sharply, and bitter sadness enveloped the boy.

In the morning Oliver was awakened by a knock on the door. Pulling back the heavy bolt, he saw "a smooth guy from the parish shelter, sitting on a pedestal in front of the house and eating a piece of bread and butter ..." The guy said that his name was Noah Claypole and he would be Oliver's boss.

Oliver carried out all the orders of this muzzy, smooth, clumsy, and received cuffs.

In the kitchen, Charlotte fed Noah a good piece of ham, and Oliver got the leftovers meant for him.

Noah wasn't some kind of foundling. He could trace his family tree back to his parents, who could not feed their son and gave him up to be raised in a parish orphanage. The guys from the street teased Noah with insulting nicknames “skin”, “beggar”, and he silently endured. But now he was completely driving away his anger on Oliver.

Three weeks have passed. Mr. Sowerbury decided to take Oliver to the funeral, to make him a dismay.

Opportunity immediately. At night, a woman died, whose family lived in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the city.

Undertaker and Oliver entered the unheated room. A very pale, gray-haired man and an old woman were sitting in front of a cold fireplace, and a bunch of children were huddled in the corner.

The grief of her husband made him half mad. He tore his hair, shouted that he had been imprisoned for begging, and the woman had been starved to death. The mother of the deceased smiled senselessly and muttered something.

the deceased woman was buried in a mass grave, where there were so many coffins "that from the upper eyelid to the surface there were several feet."

Oliver did not like the sight of the funeral at all, but Mr. Sowerbury said that he would soon get used to it.

Section VI

Enraged by Noah's ridicule, Oliver takes action and surprises him greatly.

The trial period expired, and Oliver was officially accepted as a student .. There were more deaths, a measles craze mowed down children. Oliver, in a hat with a ribbon to the knees, led the funeral processions and caused delight and tenderness of all the mothers of the city.

And in the undertaker's workshop, Oliver for many months meekly endured the bullying of Noah Claypole, who was furious with envy. Charlotte supported Noah in everything, especially since Mrs. Sowerbury hated Oliver fiercely, because her husband showed affection for the guy.

One day, Noah was alone with Oliver and decided to mock the boy to his heart's content. First, he pulled Oliver's hair, his ear, called him a slut, and when all these bullying did not give the expected result, Noah began to laugh at Oliver's mother and called her a whore.

“Blushing with rage, Oliver jumped up, knocked over a chair and a table, grabbed Noah by the throat, shook him so that his teeth clicked, and, putting all his strength into one blow, knocked his offender off his feet». From the mortal insult inflicted on his mother, his spirit rebelled, his blood boiled, and the little downtrodden boy suddenly turned into a formidable avenger.

Charlotte came running at Noah's cry, then Mrs. Sowerbury. They began to beat Oliver, who resisted, fought and did not lose his fighting spirit, and then they stuffed him into the cellar and locked him there. The boy continued to beat on the door, trembling under his blows.

Mrs. Sowerbury sent Noah to the orphanage and ordered Mr. Bumble to be brought in immediately.

Section VII

Noah rushed headlong through the gates of the workhouse. He pressed a knife blade to a black eye and yelled that Oliver wanted to kill him, his mistress, and Charlotte.

When Mr. Bumble arrived at the undertaker's house, Oliver was still pounding on the cellar door. Mr. Sowerbury returned and dragged the little rebel out of the cellar by the collar. In general, he treated the guy kindly, but his wife's tears aroused his anger and he had only one thing left - to beat Oliver.

By evening, he sat locked up in the cellar, and when it got dark, the hostess sent him to sleep in the workshop. All night the boy wept, then prayed, and at dawn he pushed back the bolt and, hesitatingly, went out into the street. He walked towards the workhouse. In the garden, behind bars, Oliver saw his friend Dick, who at this early hour was already flooring the bed. He raised his pale face, ran to the gate, and held out his thin hand to Oliver. The boys said goodbye, and Dick blessed Oliver. Oliver remembered this blessing of a small child all his life.

Section VIII

Oliver goes to London. On the way he meets a strange young gentleman

Oliver quickly followed the beaten path. Outside the city, he saw a sign that said that from here to London exactly seventy miles. The boy remembered the words of the old inhabitants of the workhouse, a guy with a head in London can make big money.

the first day Oliver came twenty miles. He ate the only piece of bread that was in his knapsack, and felt terrible hunger. At night, the boy buried himself in a haystack in the middle of the field, got a little warm and fell asleep.

the next day he could hardly move his legs from fatigue and hunger, and again spent the night in a cold, damp field. In the villages, Oliver tried to beg for a piece of bread, but in nine cases out of ten, when they saw the outstretched hand, the farmers shouted that they were about to set the dogs on him.

"On the seventh day after the escape, Oliver hobbled to the town of Barnet in the morning." The town was still asleep. "A dirty, dusty boy sat down on someone's doorstep to give a breather to his bloodied, beaten feet." Nobody paid any attention to him. Suddenly Oliver noticed that a guy was looking at him. “He had a snub nose, a flat forehead ... and he was grimy in the way that only a youngster can get dirty. For his age, he was not tall, his legs were crooked, and his eyes were quick and defiant. This frivolous, self-confident Firth was the first to approach Oliver, asked where he was going, fed him ham and bread and suggested that they go to London together. From further conversation Oliver learned that his friend's name was Jack Dawkins, he was the allegiance of a respected old London gentleman and was now on his way to the capital. Jack admitted that among his friends he was better known by the nickname "Smart Dodger".

The guys entered London late at night, passed many streets and found themselves in a narrow, dirty, smelly alley near a house. The rogue pushed Oliver into the corridor and led him into a dimly lit room with walls blackened with age and dirt. There was a wooden table in front of the fireplace, a sausage was roasting on a wire over the fire, “and an old wrinkled Jew with an ugly face overgrown with a shaggy beard was bending over it with a long fork in his hand ... Four or five guys were sitting at the table no older than Plut. They smoked long clay pipes and drank liquor like adults.”

Jack Dawkins called the old Fagin, introduced Oliver Twist to the company. They all shook hands with him warmly and sat down to supper. Feigin poured Oliver a glass of gin with hot water and told him to drink it all. The boy felt himself being carried into one of the mattresses on the floor and fell into a deep sleep.

Section IX

contains additional information about the pleasant old gentleman and his capable pupils

Oliver woke up late in the morning and saw only an old Jew who was preparing breakfast. The boy lay with his eyelids flattened, he heard and saw the old man, but his thoughts were far from here. Feigin called Oliver, but he did not answer. Then the old man locked the door, pulled out a small box from the hiding place and began to examine the jewels.

After going through all this, the old man looked at Oliver and saw that he was not sleeping, and turned pale. He ran up to the boy, but then affectionately turned the conversation to the fact that he had to keep many children, and he acquired this property for old age.

The Dodger and Charlie Bates returned and sat down to breakfast. Then the guys gave Fagin two purses and four pocket squares, speaking among themselves in a language that Oliver hardly understood. He had no idea when and where the guys managed to work so well.

After a while, the guys and the old one started an interesting game: Feigin paced around the room, and Charlie the Dodger secretly pulled out various goods from his pockets. The old one offered Oliver to quietly pull a handkerchief out of his pocket and praised him for his abilities.

The young gentlemen were welcomed by two young ladies, Beth and Nancy. "They were very sweet and casual, and Oliver thought they were wonderful girls."

Section X

Oliver gets to know his new friends better and gains experience at a high price. A short but very important section of this story

“For many days Oliver did not leave Feigin’s room, either spitting marks from handkerchiefs, or participating in the game already mentioned, which the old gentleman and two guys played in the morning.”

Finally one morning Oliver, Charlie Bates and Dodger went into town. Near the book stall, the guys saw an old gentleman in gold glasses, who was reading a book intently. Slick and Charlie left Oliver, went up to the old one, Dodger took a handkerchief from him, handed it to Charlie, after which the two of them rushed and disappeared around the corner.

That's when Oliver realized where Fagin comes from handkerchiefs and watches and jewelry. The boy was burned by a hot wave of horror, and he rushed to run. The gentleman, book in hand, chased after Oliver, shouting, "Stop the thief." These words had magical power. People dropped everything and ran after the boy.

Oliver was weak, a man overtook him, hit him and knocked him down. The crowd surrounded the boy, the policeman arrived in time and took the mal to the court. The gentleman followed.

Section XI

tells about the police judge Mr. Feng and gives some idea of ​​how he administers justice

Oliver was put in a cell that looked like a cellar. Since Saturday, about fifty drunks have been here, many men and women who were held on unproven charges. This room was worse and dirtier than the cells in Newgate Prison, where dangerous criminals were kept.

After some time, Oliver was taken to court. The frightened boy could not say a word. The judge, Maeterlinck Feng, sat at the back of the room with a gloomy look. He rudely treated the old gentleman, who wanted to explain the essence of the matter, interrupted and insulted him. Then he started interrogating Oliver. The policeman, seeing that the boy was incapable of understanding and answering anything, called Oliver at random Tom White, and spoke at random about his dead parents.

Oliver could hardly stand on his feet, lost consciousness and no longer heard the judge's sentence: three months in a hard labor prison. Suddenly, the owner of a book stall ran into the hall and, ignoring the anger of Judge Feng, said that another guy had stolen the handkerchief. The enraged judge overturned the verdict and expelled everyone from the hall.

The old gentleman picked up the unconscious Oliver and took him to his house.

Section XII

in which Oliver is being cared for better than ever and revisiting the jolly old gentleman and his young friends

Mr. Brownlow took care of Oliver, but for many, many days the boy remained insensitive to the care of his new friends. He melted in a fever, like wax on fire.

But "finally Oliver woke up, frail, thin and pale, transparent ..." Having hardly lifted his head from the pillow, the boy looked around with fear and asked where he was. Immediately a clean and neatly dressed old woman came up to the bed. "She carefully laid Oliver's head on the pillow and looked into his eyes with such kindness and love that he involuntarily grabbed her hand with a thin hand and wrapped it around his neck." Mrs. Bedwin was moved to tears by this outburst of gratitude.

Oliver began to get better little by little. Mrs. Bedwin, the housekeeper, Mr. Brownlow, the doctor, the old nurse, supported the boy's strength with their care. After a while Oliver began to come out to the table. In the living room, he noticed a portrait of a charming young woman hanging on the wall. Oliver could not take his eyes off him, and Mr. Brownlow was surprised by the absolute resemblance of Oliver to the image of an unknown woman.

Section XIII

An intelligent reader gets acquainted with new characters, as well as with various interesting ups and downs that are associated with these individuals and are directly related to this legend.

When the little thieves returned to Feigin without Oliver, the old one met them with a furious cry. He shook the Dodger by the collar, pushed Charlie, asking where they had put the boy.

Suddenly, a stocky man of about thirty-five entered the room, cursing, dressed in a black frock coat, greasy brown breeches, lace-up shoes on thick legs that lacked shackles. This cute brute came with a big dog, which he pushed under the table, where he curled up and blinked his evil eyes frequently.

It was Bill Sikes. He asked the guys about Oliver's arrest and taunted Feigin, saying that when the boy told the police, the old man would be hanged. Feigin, with a soap and a meaningful smile, affectionately said that others would burn with him.

All members of the honest company fell silent. After some time, Sykes offered to scout the police where Oliver was being held. It was decided to entrust the matter to Nancy, who had recently moved to Field Lane from the sailors' quarters and could not be afraid of being recognized.

Nancy changed into a simple suit and went to the police station. The cunning young lady asked the good-natured jailer what happened to Oliver, and reported everything to Bill Sikes and Fagin. These "caring" gentlemen decided what to find the boy and shut his throat until he betrayed them.

Section XIV

contains further details of Oliver's stay with Mr. Brownlow, as well as a remarkable prophecy which a gentleman named Grimwig uttered regarding Oliver when he went on an errand

Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Bedwin avoided talking to Oliver about his past while he was still weak. Mrs. Bedwin talked about her wonderful children, taught the boy how to play cribbage, protected and entertained him in every possible way. Oliver's life at Mr. Brownlow's cabin was happy and secure. When the boy was fully recovered, the old gentleman invited him to his room. Oliver was struck by the abundance of books on the shelves, which reached right up to the ceiling. There was a conversation between Mr. Brownlow and Oliver about the future of the boy whom the old gentleman thought of helping to get back on his feet. Mr. Brownlow wanted to know how and where Oliver had lived before, but as soon as the boy opened his mouth to tell about his life on the “farm”, about wandering for hire from the undertaker, Mr. Grimwig, an old friend of the owner of the house, entered the room.

He was a good man, and always contradicted everything and was dissatisfied with everything. He had no children, and therefore all the boys were the same for him. "In his heart Mr. Grimwig was very inclined to recognize both Oliver's appearance and behavior as extremely pleasant, but his inherent spirit of bickering rebelled against this." He proved to a friend that Oliver is not at all what he seems. Mr. Brownlow was about to argue with the visitor when Mrs. Bedwin brought in a package of books brought by a messenger. The old gentleman wanted to send money and several copies of books to the bookseller by messenger, but he had already disappeared. Oliver said that he could complete this task and run back and forth in ten minutes.

Putting five pounds in his pocket, he carefully took the books under his arm and went to the store. Looking after him, Mr. Grimwig declared that they would see the boy for the last time, because he would steal both the books and the money. Mr. Brownlow defended Oliver.

“It was already so dark that it was difficult to see the numbers on the dial, and the two old gentlemen were all sitting silently at the table on which the clock lay.”

Section XV

which shows how sincerely Oliver Twist was loved by the jolly old Jew and Miss Nancy

William Sykes was sitting in the room of the stinking tavern. At his feet perched a white red-eyed dog. Sikes kicked the dog for no apparent reason, and the dog, without thinking twice, silently stared with sharp teeth at the owner's boot. Sikes grabbed a knife and was about to cut the dog's throat, but suddenly the door opened and the dog immediately jumped out of the room, almost knocking Feigin off his feet. Enraged, Sikes immediately transferred his anger to the old man, but he spoke in an affectionate voice and gave the ration of the loot. Bill calmed down a bit and started talking about looking for Oliver.

Meanwhile, Oliver was making his way to the bookshop. Suddenly, someone’s hands grabbed him, and a familiar voice was heard behind him: “Oh, dear brother, I found you!” It was Nancy.

Oliver screamed, struggled, but passers-by sympathized with the "sister", who called out to the whole street that the boy had run away from home, and his mother was being killed behind him.

Oliver, who was resisting and fighting Nancy with all his might, was approached by Bill Sikes with a dog. He ordered the boy to be quiet and dragged him into a labyrinth of dark narrow streets.

It got dark. Mrs. Bedwin waited anxiously on the threshold of the house, "and the two old gentlemen sat obstinately in the dark drawing-room, and on the table between them the clock chimed."

Section XVI

tells what happened to Oliver Twist after he fell into the hands of Nancy

Sykes and Nancy took Oliver by the hand, and the man warned the boy that when he thought of screaming, Piglet would cling to him and tear him to pieces. The dog growled furiously, as if he understood his master's language.

They were walking along unfamiliar dark streets, when suddenly the clock on the church thudded eight times. It was at eight o'clock that the guys who were to be executed for crimes were well known to the thieves standing under the gallows. Nancy spoke of these comrades of hers, but Sikes was not much interested in their fate.

Oliver, Sikes, and Nancy approached a long-abandoned shop, in which, after all, someone was. The boy was pushed into a dark corridor. Where the candle flickered. Stepping closer, Oliver saw Jack Dawkins, who recognized the boy and smiled derisively. And in the musty smelling room, Oliver saw Charles Bates poking his finger and rolling around with laughter, and Mr. Fagin bowing low to the dumbfounded boy.

Dodger and Charles forced Oliver to take off his clean clothes and put on rags, took away his books and five pounds. Oliver begged for the old gentleman to return his things, but the thieves only laughed at his desperation.

Suddenly Oliver started to run. The guys ran after him, and Nancy closed the dog in the room so that he would not catch up with the captive. Sikes was angry, but the girl screamed that she would not allow the child to be tortured. She told Fagin that she would protect Oliver, whom they wanted to turn into a thief, just as they had made her a thief twelve years before. The old one began to threaten Nancy, and in a frenzy she rushed at him with her fists. Sikes intercepted the girl, she thrashed in his arms and fainted.

Oliver was led into a room and locked up.

Section XVII

It so happened that in bloody melodramas, tragic and comic scenes alternate: in one scene, the hero falls under the weight of shackles on a straw prison bed, and in the next, his faithful comrade, not knowing about the misfortune, amuses the audience with a funny song.

“There are even more amazing transitions in life from the table, bending under the dishes, to the deathbed, from mourning to festive clothes.” But in life we ​​are not passive spectators, but actors.

Early in the morning Mr. Bumble came out of the gates of the workhouse and walked through the city with solemn steps. Rada instructed him to take two women to London so that the court would determine their right to settle. Before leaving, Bumble called on Mrs. Mann to give her the money that the council had allocated for the maintenance of orphans. Mrs. Mann spoke of the children, boasting that they were all healthy, except for the two who had died the previous week, and little Dick. Beadle wanted to see Dick, and the boy was brought in. “He was thin and pale, his cheeks were hollow, his big eyes shone painfully.”

Mr. Bumble asked the boy what was happening to him, and Dick told about his only wish. He would like someone to write a few words on paper before his death and save this note for Oliver Twist. Mr. Bumble was surprised and ordered the boy out.

The next day, Mr. Bumble got down to business quickly and ordered a modest lunch on arrival: a few steaks, oyster sauce and porter. As he sipped his wine, he opened the newspaper and read an advertisement for Oliver Twist, about whom there is no information. Anyone who sheds light on his past will receive a reward of five guineas.

Mr. Bumble quickly found Mr. Brownlow's house and told the old gentleman “that Oliver is a foundling, the son of bad, unlucky parents, from birth he was the incarnation of deceit, ingratitude, spitefulness; that he ended his short stay in his native city with a vile and brutal attack on a harmless boy, after which he fled under cover of night from his master's house. For this information he received five guineas and left. Mr. Brownlow and Mr. Grimwig were amazed, but Mrs. Bedwin did not believe a word of Beadle's.

Section XVIII

How Oliver spent his time in the saving company of his worthy friends

the next day, Feigin read a long sermon to Oliver about the sin of ingratitude, which, they say, the guy took to his soul, leaving his comrades. He recalled that he sheltered and fed the boy when he was dying of hunger. Along the way, he told a story about an ungrateful boy who went to the police to inform his friends, but in court Feigin proved his innocence and accused the guy of serious crimes. They hung him. “In conclusion, Mr. Feigin did not spare gloomy colors to describe all those unpleasant sensations that the suicide bomber experienced in the process of hanging, and very friendly and sincerely expressed his ardent hope that he would never have to subject Oliver Twist to such a painful operation.”

Oliver had no doubt that Feigin had more than once destroyed his overinformed or overly talkative accomplices.

Many days later, Oliver was completely alone. He sat near the only open window on the roof. One day, Charles Bates and the Dodger began to persuade Oliver to become a thief, like their whole company, but the boy objected that being a wurka is evil.

Feigin rejoiced at the abilities of his students, rubbing his hands with satisfaction, hearing their words.

One day, Mr. Chitling, an eighteen-year-old thief who had already served time in prison, came into an abandoned house, but considered the Dodger quick-witted, clever for himself and treated him with a certain respect. Feigin ordered Oliver to obey the guys, he himself spoke about the advantages of the thieves' craft.

“From that day on, Oliver was rarely left alone, almost all the time the guys entertained him with their conversations, and every day they played an ancient game with Fagina ...” Sometimes the old man talked about the robberies that he committed in his youth, and there were so many funny stories in those stories, that Oliver involuntarily laughed heartily.

“In short, the cunning old Jew dragged the guy into his nets, ... poured poison into his soul, hoping to stain and discredit it forever.”

Section XIX

in which an interesting idea is discussed and adopted

On a cold rainy evening, Feigin left the house and, stealthily in the dark, winding along the crooked dirty streets, went to meet Sikes. Nancy was also there, whom Feigin did not see, how she stood up for Oliver. The girl treated the old brandy, but he only dipped his lips into the glass. He came not to drink, but to talk about business.

There is a wealthy house in Chertsey. You Krekit tried to persuade the servants to help the thieves, but he did not succeed. The cunning thief wanted to make the maid fall in love with him, walking in front of the house in a canary waistcoat, with sideburns glued on, then switched to mustaches and cavalry breeches, but zilch came out of that case.

Feigin was disappointed by Tebe Krekit's failure. The only thing left for the thieves was to get into the house through a small window that had no bars. And then it was decided that the thieves would take Oliver with them. He will climb through the window into the house, bolt the door, and Crackit and Sykes will take away all the valuables.

Nancy, who until recently protected Oliver, helped her friends develop a cunning robbery plan.

Feigin, rubbing his hands, said that Oliver should be involved in the real case. Let the guy realize that he is one of them, that he is a thief - and then he is forever theirs.

CHAPTER XX

in which Oliver is placed at the disposal of Mr. William Sykes

In the morning Oliver saw a pair of new boots with good soles by his mattress and decided that he would be fired. But it turned out that the boy would be taken to Bill Sykes' house. "Fagin's tone and facial expression frightened the guy even more than this message." The old man, with a terrible smile, warned Oliver to beware of Sikes, for whom it cost nothing to shed someone else's blood for a toy, and do whatever he says. Oliver decided that he would probably be a robber for a servant, and he stopped being afraid and began to read a book about famous criminals and the punishment that befell them. The boy's blood ran cold from descriptions of terrible crimes, and he rejected the book. Suddenly, Nancy entered the room. She was very pale and said in a choked voice: “Forgive me, Lord! How could I…” Oliver helped her sit up, wrapped a handkerchief around her cold legs, stirred up the heat in the fireplace. Gradually, the girl calmed down and sat silently for a long time.

When it was quite dark, Nancy got up and told Oliver that she would take him to Sikes. She asked the boy not to run away because she would be killed when he did. In the street, Oliver almost screamed for help, but he remembered the suffering voice of the girl - and did not open his mouth.

Holding hands, Nancy and Oliver entered the house, where Bill was already waiting for them. The man showed a gun and said that he would shoot Oliver if he even spoke in the street. Nancy, looking intently at the boy, with pressure explained Sikes' words that when Oliver stood across the road, the thieves would shoot him through the head.

Sykes woke Oliver early in the morning. They hurriedly had breakfast and left the room. Nancy didn't even look at the boy, petrified by the fire.

CHAPTER XXI

Expedition

gray gloomy morning in the yard. It was market day. “An endless line of wagons with all kinds of living creatures and meat carcasses” stretched to London, milkmaids walked with buckets of milk, men and women shoved them with baskets of fish on their heads. “Feet sank almost to the ankles in the mud, thick steam billowed over the sweaty cattle. The whistle of drivers, the barking of dogs, the roar of oxen, the bleating of sheep, the grunting and squealing of pigs, the cries of hawkers, the cries, the swearing, the quarrels from all sides ... the stampede, the crush, the unwashed, the unshaven, pitiful, dirty figures, snooping around in the crowd - it was all dumbfounded , amazed the one who came here for the first time.

Sykes tugged at Oliver for that pandemonium, elbowing his way through. The boy, adjusting to the quick walk of the burglar, began to jog. On the way they were overtaken by an empty visa, and Sikes asked a cab to give them a ride, and to prevent Oliver from asking for help, he patted his pocket, where the pistol was, expressively.

They rode the cart for a long time, and then wandered around the surrounding fields for several hours until they reached the town of Hampton. There they dined with cold meat and sat in the tavern until night. Sykes met a man who was returning home by cart and struck up a good relationship with him. Late at night they left the inn, got on a cart, drove for a long time and walked again until they reached a dilapidated house on the river bank.

CHAPTER XXII

Sikes knocked on the door of the house. Thee Crackit and Barney, who had been waiting for their accomplice for a long time, happily met him. Thee Krekit had a sparse, carefully twisted hair in long spiral curls, in which "from time to time he ran his wandering fingers, adorned with large cheap rings." When he saw Oliver, he was terribly surprised. Sikes quietly explained this to him, and Thee laughed out loud.

Oliver is terribly tired. "He was almost unaware of where he was and what was going on around him." The men forced him to drink alcohol, and the boy forgot in a heavy slumber.

Late at night the robbers began to gather. They took tools, knives, pistols, "wrapped their faces up to the very eyes with large dark handkerchiefs" and, leading Oliver by the hand, left the house.

Buddies quickly came to a lonely estate. “Only now Oliver, almost mad with despair and fear, realized that they had come here to rob, and maybe kill.” He turned pale, forgot his eyes, and a strangled cry of horror escaped from his chest. "Sykes uttered a terrible curse and cocked the trigger, but You ... shielded Oliver's mouth with his hand and dragged the boy into the house." The robbers opened the frame of a small window, Sykes shoved Oliver through with his feet first and, having ordered the bolt of the front door to be pushed back, quietly lowered the boy to the floor. At this point, Oliver decided to "raise the inhabitants of the house to their feet, even if for this he has to pay with his life." But suddenly the figures of two men appeared on the stairs, "it flashed, bang, breathed in smoke ... and Oliver was thrown against the wall".

Sikes put his hand through the window, grabbed the boy by the scruff of the neck, pulled him out. Oliver felt himself being pulled, and lost consciousness.

CHAPTER XXIII,

which retells the content of a pleasant conversation between Bumble and a certain lady, and shows that even the parish of Beedle has human weaknesses.

“In the evening frost hit,” a piercing wind dispelled snowdrifts, knocked down white dust and, with a terrible howl, attacked obstacles in its path. People who live in warm houses gather in front of the fireplace on cold winter evenings and thank God that they are at home. But "many stepchildren of society in such weather forever close their eyes to the sky on our streets, and no sins burden their souls, it is unlikely that they will fall worse than flour in the next world."

the workhouse matron, Mrs. Corney, sat down before the merry fire of the fireplace, and was eager to please her soul with a cup of tea. "The little teapot and the single cup on the table brought back sad memories of Mr. Corny (who died only twenty-five years ago) in her, and she became extremely despondent." Suddenly, she was disturbed by a soft knock on the door. The figure of Mr. Bumble appeared on the threshold. Mrs. Corney hesitated whether it would be proper to receive the man at a later time, but nevertheless invited him into the room. They talked about today's terrible weather, about the shameless poor who are asking for help, about one ungrateful scoundrel who did not accept raw potatoes and flour, because he, you see, is homeless and cannot cook food. And then this impudent man left and died on the street. They agreed that the main ambush of helping the poor is “to give him exactly what they do not need. Finally they get tired of walking and they give up.”

Mrs Corney gave Mr Bumble tea. They sat so close at the table that Beadle, after finishing his tea, “wiped his lips and kissed the warden without further ado,” and then put his arm around her waist. Suddenly, this impudence was interrupted by a knock on the door. A very nasty bogadilka appeared on the threshold, who said that old Sally was dying in terrible agony and asked to call the matron. Mrs. Corney asked Mr. Bumble to wait for her, while she herself went to the dying woman.

Left alone, Beadle counted the teaspoons, examined the silver jug, inspected the furniture intently, "as if writing down a detailed description of them."

CHAPTER XXIV,

which speaks of a thing that almost does not deserve attention. However, this section is short, and in our story it may still be important.

The body of the bogadilka, the herald of death, “was hunched from old age, arms and legs were trembling, a face twisted in an absurd smile, looks like a mask created by the hand of a mad master than a creation of nature.”

The old woman could not keep up with the warden and lagged behind somewhere in the corridor. Mrs. Corney went up to the patient, who was lying in a bare room in the attic. Another old woman was sitting by the bed, and an apothecary's apprentice was standing in front of the fireplace, who said that Sally had two hours to live at most. “The matron grimaced in annoyance, wrapped herself in a shawl and sat down at the patient’s feet.”

The bogadilki moved closer to the smoldering fireplace and stretched out their bony hands to the fire. "In the ominous reflections, their wrinkled faces became even Bridkishima."

Sally was lying unconscious, and the warden was about to leave, when suddenly the patient opened her eyes, saw the bogadilki and asked them to be driven out. Both monsters screamed plaintively, but obeyed the order of the boss and left.

“The dying woman tried with all her might not to let the spark of life die out.” She began to talk about a young woman who had been picked up from the street more than ten years earlier. The unknown gave birth to a boy and died. Sally barely recalled those distant events, but she had the strength to say that she had stolen the only thing she had from the woman in labor. It was pure gold that could save her life, and she did not sell that thing - she hid it on her chest.

Dying, the young mother blessed her child and instructed Sally to save the only valuable thing for her son, but the bogadilka stole it. The patient could hardly say before her death that the boy's name was Oliver and that he was very similar to his mother.

the warden left the room and calmly said that Sally had not said anything worthwhile.

CHAPTER XXV

in which we return again to Mr. Feygin and company

that same evening, when Sally died in the workhouse, Mr. Fagin sat by the fire, lost in thought. Dodger, Charley Bates, and Mr. Chitling were playing whist at a table behind. Plut won all the time, although he played one against two. Charlie Bates knew the trick, but he laughed merrily as he watched the Dodger.

Mr. Chitling lost the last of his money and threw away his cards. Today he was taciturn, thinking about something intently, and Charlie knew well that Tommy Chitling had riveted into Bates. The love of a friend gave him a cheerful mood, he laughed, rolling on the floor.

Suddenly, someone rang the doorbell. The guys instantly fell silent and inaudibly disappeared from the room! The rogue let her husband into the house in a rough work blouse. Feigin took a closer look and recognized You Krekit.

Feigin and Plut were surprised to see the tired, dirty and unshaven face of the dapper Tebe. Without waiting for questions, Crackit ordered food to be brought, and when he ate his fill, he ordered the Dodger to go out, drank gin and water and said that the case did not work out, that Oliver was shot, and the accomplices left him in a ditch and rushed in all directions, saving their skin.

CHAPTER XXVI

in which a new mysterious character appears on the stage and many events take place that are inextricably linked with this text

Feigin, hearing the news about Oliver, “shrieked, pulled his hair, ran out of the house and rushed down the street” wherever his eyes looked. He calmed down a bit when he approached the Three Cripples Inn. Feigin was well known to all the unprepossessing inhabitants of the dirty back streets, who nodded affably to him. He nodded to them in the same friendly way and "addressed a puny little man who sat curled up in a child's chair in front of the door of his shop", but did not see Sikes. The little man replied that Bill wasn't here today. Feigin went into the tavern and went upstairs to a large room. There, men and women sat at a long table, "and in the corner behind an out-of-tune piano, a beet-nosed professional gentleman..." He played some tune, and "a young lady entertained the listeners with a ballad of four verses." The faces of its supporters were marked with the seal of almost all vices and attracted attention precisely for their disgust. “Deceit, cruelty, drunken impudence were their expressive features, but the naybridkishima and pitiful characters of this terrible picture were women - some still with traces of a youthful blush on their cheeks ... others are already completely devoid of alluring signs of their sex, completely distorted and devastated by atrocities and depravity, and yet they are not yet out of their youth! Among all this gathering, Feigin looked out for the person he needed, but he was not there. He asked the innkeeper to tell him that 258 was looking for him, got out, hired a convertible and drove to the house where Sikes lived. In the room, Feigin saw only Nancy, who was completely drunk and did not react to the story that the case did not work out, and the police were hunting for Saiko-sa. The old man began to ask the girl about Oliver, but she said that it was better for the boy to die than to be among the likes of them. These words angered Feigin. The old man said emphatically that when Sikes saved his skin, but returned without the boy, it would be better if she killed him herself, if she did not want to be strangled by the prison executioner. Saying this, Feigin mentioned that Oliver is a treasure for him, especially now that he "has got in touch with the devil himself in the flesh."

Suddenly Feigin realized that in unconsciousness he had blurted out too much, mastered himself and changed right before his eyes. He began to ask Nancy if she remembered the words, but the girl asked to repeat if he wanted anything. The old man decided that she was really drunk and did not understand his hints, and therefore calmed down and went home. Already at the very door of the house, the old man approached him, whom Feigin was looking for in a tavern. Feigin really did not want to bring the stranger into the house, but he insisted that he wanted to talk in warmth. They entered the room, sat down by the fireplace, and talked quietly about something. Monks (that's what Feygin called him several times) accused the old man that he had not kept his promise, had not made a snotty pickpocket out of the boy, who would go to prison and stain himself forever. But Feigin justified himself, saying that this boy was not at all like the others: he could not be intimidated by anything, he did not want to steal, there were no sins behind him.

Suddenly Monks exclaimed that he saw what a woman's shadow flashed across the wall. Feigin grabbed a candle, and they went around all the rooms, went down to the basement, but they did not find any woman.

CHAPTER XXVII

expiates the guilt of one of the previous sections, in which one lady is left alone very impolitely

Mr. Bumble, who remained in Mrs. Corney's room, "counted the teaspoons again, weighed the sugar tongs on his hand, examined the milk jug more closely, examined the condition of the furniture with extreme care, ... and again began to count the spoons" and hastily examined the contents of the mistress of the chest of drawers. What he saw in the boxes caused him great delight. There were all kinds of toilet articles of the most fashionable styles and of the best quality, “and in the drawer with a padlock, when he shook it, there came a pleasant sound, nothing but the clinking of coins.”

He went back to the fireplace and sat down when Mrs Corney came running into the room. She was very excited, and Mr. Bumble, trying to calm the woman, embraced her and "in a passionate outburst kissed the tip of her chaste nose." Mrs Corney "wrapped her arms around Mr Bumble's neck". That evening they agreed to get married. There seemed to be a complete understanding between them, but Mrs. Corney did not say anything to her future husband about what she had heard from Sally.

Mr. Bumble walked into the undertaker on his way home. The Sowerburys were not at home, but the shop was open. Mr. Bumble peered through the living room window and saw a table covered with a tablecloth, on which were seen bread, butter, a mug of beer and a bottle of wine. Mr. Noah Claypole sat at the table, casually lounging in an armchair, and Charlotte stood beside him, feeding him oysters. She tried to persuade him to eat another fat one, but Noah had already eaten and wanted to kiss IParlotta. Seeing this, Mr. Bumble burst into the room and yelled at the scoundrels. Charlotte squealed, and Noah began to make excuses that the girl herself all the time climbs to kiss him.

Charlotte looked reproachfully at the guy, but he continued to accuse her of all sins.

CHAPTER XXVIII

which speaks of Oliver Twist and recounts his further adventures

Sykes knew that he could not escape from his pursuers with a wounded boy in his arms. Cursing all the watchmen and faithful servants, he laid Oliver on the grass and, threatening with a pistol, ordered You to return. But the accomplice was more afraid of the people who raised the cry, and dogs, and therefore preferred to die from Bill's bullet than fall into the hands of enemies. Thee ran away stronger, and Sikes rushed after him, leaving the boy in a ditch.

there were three pursuers: Giles, Brittles, and the wandering Tinker; who spent the night in the wing, woke up from the noise and joined the chase with his dogs. “Mr. Giles served as a butler and housekeeper for an old lady, Brittles was her footman, and he began his service as a very young errand boy, he was still treated as a young man who still had everything ahead, although he was already in his forties” .

Chasing the thieves, the men themselves were seriously frightened, and therefore, without catching the robbers, they returned to the house in a close herd.

Fainted and helpless, Oliver lay in the ditch all night. Finally, he opened his eyes, groaned, slowly got up and wandered off, not knowing where. It seemed to him that Sikes and Crackit were with him, and the robber was squeezing his arm painfully.

Slowly the boy went out onto the road, saw the house and trudged towards the people. In the meantime the heroes of the persecutors were refreshing their breakfast, and Mr. Giles was telling the events of the night to the cook and the maid, boasting of the audacity of his comrades and his own. The women groaned, were surprised, huddled in fear to each other, when suddenly there was a knock at the door. Three daredevils, together with the dogs, went to the door, opened them and, "timidly looking at each other over their shoulders, they saw on the porch no monster, but poor little Oliver Twist." They grabbed him, dragged him into the hallway ... and shouted that one of the thieves had been caught. This noise was interrupted by a melodious female voice. The servants were ordered to carry the wounded man upstairs and call for a doctor and a constable.

The girl who gave these orders did not want to see who the wounded robber was.

CHAPTER XXIX

introduces the inhabitants of the house in which Oliver fell

Two women sat at a table in a cozy room. Immaculately dressed in a black three-piece, Giles served them.

One woman was no longer young. She sat in a majestic pose and gazed intently at her young interlocutor.

The girl was pleasing to the eye with the fresh beauty of youth. “She was not yet seventeen years old. She was so slender and graceful, so tender and affectionate, so pure and beautiful, she seemed unearthly creatures, not related to the rough creatures that inhabit our world. She looked at the old woman, and her eyes shone with such love and sincere devotion, "that the spirits of heaven would smile if they looked at her at that moment."

“A cabriolet drove up to the gate, from which a sleek gentleman jumped out and rushed at full speed to the porch.” He was in the room in an instant, shouting sympathy to Mrs. Maylie for what had happened. Miss Rosa interrupted him and asked him to examine the wounded man.

Dr. Losbern was loved by the whole district for his sincerity and kindness. He stayed with the wounded man much longer than both mistresses had hoped, and then invited the women to look at the robber, because they never saw him. Giles at first simply hesitated to admit that he had shot a little boy, and then he did not turn his tongue to tell the truth, which could negate his fame.

CHAPTER XXX

tells about the impression Oliver made on those who came to visit him

The doctor assured the women that the sight of the criminal would surprise them, and he was not mistaken. "Instead of the ugly, cruel villain they had hoped to see, there was an ill, malnourished child on the bed, falling into a deep sleep." The girl went up to the boy, bent over him, her tears rolling down his forehead.

"Oliver stirred and smiled in his sleep, as if this expression of pity and compassion inspired him with a pleasant dream of love and caresses he had never known." Women where could believe that this fragile boy could be a willing accomplice of the dregs of society. Touched, Rosa asked her aunt to take pity on him, not to send this sick child to prison. The old woman agreed to save the boy, and the doctor suggested that Mr. Giles and Brittle be forced to drop the charges.

Only in the evening Oliver came to his senses and told the whole story of his life. It was sad to hear about the torment and suffering that cruel people inflicted on him, and more than once his story was interrupted by sad sighs of listeners.

In the evening the doctor went down to the kitchen, where the servants were still discussing the events of the previous night, and in a firm voice asked Mr. Giles if he could swear that the boy who was upstairs was the one who had climbed in through the window at night? Giles looked hesitantly at Brittles, Brittles looked hesitantly at Giles, the constable, who had long been waiting for a statement, pricked up his ears to better hear the answer, when suddenly there was a creak of wheels outside and a bell rang at the gate. Brittles said they were CID agents that Giles had called.

CHAPTER XXXI

speaks of a crisis

Brittles opened the door and led two men into the living room. One was stout, of medium height, with close-cropped black shiny hair, a round face, and attentive eyes. His partner was a red-haired, bony man with an unpleasant physiognomy and an ominously upturned Kirpa. Their names were Blathers and Duff. They immediately began to ask about the crime, and the doctor, in order to drag out time, told all the circumstances in great detail, with many digressions and repetitions. Then the agents, clicking handcuffs, began to ask about the boy, but the doctor, in order to divert their attention, took them to examine the crime scene.

Candles were brought, and Blathers and Daph, accompanied by a local constable and servants, examined the house, poked the bushes with pitchforks, listened to the stories of witnesses several more times and noted numerous differences in the testimony, and then held a conference among themselves.

Meanwhile, the doctor and Rosa consulted how to save the child. Rosa offered to tell everything honestly to the agents, but the doctor recalled the story of Oliver, who used to hang out with criminals, he doesn’t know where the nests of the villains are, he still participated in the robbery, and the butler’s shot did not allow the guy to make a fuss and justify himself. Mr. Losbern was sure that the agents should not be told the truth about the guy, because they would never believe in his innocence.

Blathers and Duff made sure that none of the servants helped the robbers, and therefore they really need to see the boy, because it was the thieves who could plant him in the open window.

The excited doctor suggested that the agents first refresh themselves, and over a glass of strong ale, they began to argue which of the city's professionals could commit a robbery: Nose Cheekweed or a minion. And then Mr. Bleder began to talk about the cases that he was investigating, about the cunning and deceit of criminals. The agents did not notice how doctor Losbern slipped out of the room, and then reappeared to take them to the patient.

Oliver dozed, but his condition worsened considerably. He looked at everyone with an absent-minded look, it was clear that he did not understand where he was and what was happening around.

The doctor said that this boy was injured with a crossbow, came to the house for help, and the butler "grabbed him and beat him so that the poor fellow almost gave his soul to God."

Frightened, Giles looked dumbfounded at the doctor, then at the agents and could no longer swear that he had injured this boy. They checked the pistols and found that the one from which they fired was loaded only with gunpowder. "This discovery made a great impression on everyone except the doctor, who pulled the bullet out of the cartridge with his own hand ten minutes ago." A weight was lifted from Mr. Giles's soul, because it turned out that he could not kill anyone with a pistol without a bullet.

The disillusioned agents left with nothing, and Oliver began to recover little by little thanks to the care of Mrs. Mayley, Rose, and the kind-hearted Mr. Losberne.

CHAPTER XXXII

about the happy life that began for Oliver in the circle of his good friends

Oliver was sick for a long time and hard, and in the end began to recover and could already show his gratitude to both women for their kindness.

After a while, Miss Rosa told Oliver that they were all going to the country where the clean air, beauty and joy of spring would quickly put him on his feet.

Oliver was very worried that the kind gentleman and dear old lady who had once taken care of him did not know that he was alive. When the boy was fully recovered, Mr. Losberne set off with him on the road in Mrs. Maylie's little carriage. They had already entered the suburbs of London, when suddenly Oliver saw the house where the thieves brought him. The doctor ordered the coachman to stop, ran into the house and began kicking at the door. Suddenly the door opened and a plain-looking hunchback appeared on the threshold. The doctor grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, pushed him inside, and began to search the room for Sykes. The hunchback began to swear and threaten the doctor, and he, realizing that Oliver was mistaken, threw a coin to the owner, ordered him to be quiet and went to the carriage. Hunchback followed him, saw Oliver in the corner of the carriage, and that hateful and vindictive look haunted the boy day and night for many months to come.

The doctor got into the carriage and thought about his act. What would he do if he met thieves in the house? He wouldn't be allowed to go to the police, so he would have to admit that he destroyed Oliver's file. He acted in the heat of the moment, without thinking about the consequences, which could harm both him and the boy.

After some time, the carriage drove up to a white house, which was empty, and a sign was hanging in the window: "For Rent." The neighbors said that Mr. Brownlow and his friend and housekeeper had gone to the West Indies.

Oliver and the doctor were disappointed by the failure. Being ill, the boy often dreamed of meeting his friends, he was glad that he could tell how often he remembered them. And the doctor once again wanted to make sure that Oliver was telling the truth about his adventures.

Summer came, and everyone left for the village. "For Oliver, who had known only the hustle and bustle of a dirty city, a new life began." Not far from the house where they settled was a modest rural churchyard. The boy often sat there at some abandoned grave, thought about his mother and secretly cried.

“The days flowed calmly and carefree, the nights brought neither fear nor worries ...” Every morning Oliver went to an old grandfather who helped the guy improve in reading and writing. After school he went for walks with Mrs. Maylie and Rosa. "With what pleasure Oliver listened to their voices, how he rejoiced when they stopped to admire a flower."

Early in the morning, Oliver ran out into the field, picking up a bunch of flowers, made wonderful bouquets to decorate the breakfast table with them. During the day he helped Mrs. Maley, worked in the garden, did various small tasks. Women attached themselves to Oliver with all their hearts and were proud of him.

CHAPTER XXXIII

in which the happiness of Oliver and his friends is suddenly overshadowed

Oliver had long recovered and grown stronger, but remained as gentle and caring as when pain and suffering weakened him.

One day their walk was delayed. Rosa was in a cheerful mood, and they did not notice how they had gone quite far. She was tired and returned home with a slow gait. At home, the girl tried to be the same as always, but for some reason she was very cold. After a while, her cheeks flushed with heat, and then became marbled white; meek blue eyes darkened themselves. And although Rose tried to be calm, Mrs. Mayley saw that she was very ill, and therefore sent for the doctor and wrote a letter to Mr. Harry Mayley, although she had not yet sent it.

Oliver himself took the letter to the doctor at the post station. Returning home, he ran into a tall man in a raincoat in the courtyard of the station, who looked at the boy in a stunned way with large black eyes and muttered: “Unclean power! Who would have thought? Get lost, obsession! He will crawl out of the grave to get in my way!

Shouting more incoherent words, he stepped towards Oliver and suddenly fell to the ground and spasmed with foam on his lips. The boy thought he was crazy and ran home. Returning home, he was imbued with other concerns and forgot everything that concerned his own personality.

"Rosa Maylie's condition worsened, and in the evening she became delirious." The local doctor did not leave the patient's bedside, but could not help in any way. Rose was dying.

Doctor Losbern arrived late in the evening and confirmed the unfavorable diagnosis of the country doctor. “Rose fell into a deep sleep, from which, waking up, she will either recover and return to life, or say the last goodbye to them.” It wasn't until lunchtime the next day that Mr. Losberne announced that Rosa would live to the delight of everyone for many years to come.

CHAPTER XXXIV

gives some preliminary information about a young gentleman, first appears on the stage and tells of Oliver's new adventure

Oliver was not himself with happiness when he heard the good news. He ran into the field, picked up an armful of flowers to decorate the patient's room with bouquets. On the way home, he was overtaken by a carriage, in which Oliver saw Mr. Giles and an unfamiliar young gentleman. The carriage stopped and the butler asked the boy through the window how Miss Rosa felt. Oliver happily replied that he was much better, the danger was completely over. The stranger jumped out of the carriage, grabbed Oliver's hand and asked again about Rose's condition. It was Harry Maley, who, despite the age difference, looked very much like his mother, Mrs Maley. Oliver liked him with his good open face and pleasant, easy manner.

Mrs Maylie looked like a son. When they met, they both did not hide their excitement. Harry affectionately reproached his mother for not reporting Rose's illness, and confessed his passionate love for the girl. The wise woman replied that Rose is like a daughter to her, but Harry cannot marry her, because her name is not her fault, but tarnished. Evil people will begin to vilify both him and their children. And then he may regret that he started his life like that, and Rosa will suffer. And Harry fervently assured his mother that for the sake of the happiness of his life, he would force Rose to listen to him and give an answer.

In the morning Oliver did not go into the field alone. Mr. Harry accompanied him. They picked flowers, together they made a luxurious bouquet for Rosa, which, even withered, the girl kept on the windowsill.

Rosa had not yet gone out, there were no evening walks, and Oliver sat down to his books. One evening he sat with a book at the window and dozed off. Suddenly he heard Feigin's voice. The boy jumped up, looked out the window and saw the terrible face of the old thief, "and next to him, pale with rage or fear, ... stood the same man whom Oliver had encountered at the post office."

“It lasted for an instant, short and terrible, like a flash of lightning. And then both disappeared.” Oliver screamed loudly and began to loudly call for help.

CHAPTER XXXV

narrates about Oliver's unsatisfactory conclusion to the incident, as well as a rather important conversation between Harry Maley and Rosa

All the tenants jumped out at Oliver's cry. The men ran to look for the old Jew and his companion, but all searches were in vain. Nowhere around were there even traces of a hasty escape, but no one doubted that the boy had seen Feigin and the stranger.

When it got completely dark, the search had to be stopped. Giles toured all the taverns in the neighboring village, Mr. Maley and Oliver went to the neighboring town to inquire about unexpected guests, but this did not help. Gradually, this story began to be forgotten.

Meanwhile, Rosa was recovering rapidly. She was gradually going out for a walk in the garden, and her laughter had a beneficial effect on all the inhabitants of the house. And Oliver noticed that Mrs. Mayley and Harry were secluded for a long time and about what quietly spoke, and traces of tears were visible on Rosin's face. It was immediately clear that what circumstance deprives the girl of peace of mind, and, possibly, someone else.

late one morning, Harry Maley asked Rose to listen to him. He told the girl what terrible moments he experienced when he found out that she was melting like a light shadow under a ray from heaven. Opinions about her turned into terrible, unbearable torture, because she could die without knowing how he loves her endlessly.

Rose looked up and Harry saw two tears in her eyes. But the girl overcame herself and firmly declared that he should leave immediately, because important and noble deeds awaited him. He must find himself a girl whose name will not cast a shadow on him and his family. Rosa considered it her duty to dispel all the dreams of a young man in love, because one of his wrong steps could make it impossible to succeed in life.

In the end, Harry wanted to know if Rosa's refusal would have been so categorical if he was destined for a quiet, inconspicuous life, if he were poor, sick or helpless? Without hesitation, the girl replied that she would never leave him in a difficult test.

CHAPTER XXXVI

very short and, at first glance, not so important, but it is necessary to read it - both as a continuation of the previous one, and as a key to one of the following

The doctor was surprised by Harry's decision to leave for London immediately and wanted to find out if the reason for such a hurry was not that the elections would take place very soon and there was a need to fight for the votes. But Harry turned the conversation to something else.

Mr. Giles began to take things out, and Harry beckoned Oliver to him. He asked the boy, who had already learned to write and read well, to describe to him everything about Mrs Maylie and Rose, and to send letters to the main post office in London so that the women would not guess anything. "Oliver, whom such an important and honorable mission immediately raised in his own eyes, solemnly promised to keep the secret and send detailed messages."

The departure was hasty, but Rosa watched him from behind the white curtain and looked sadly after the carriage for a long time.

CHAPTER XXXVII

in which the reader will notice contradictions are very characteristic of married life

Mr. Bumble sat in the living room of the workhouse and watched the flies hit the paper flycatchers and beat in the colorful netting. Perhaps these doomed insects reminded him of some unfortunate incident in his own life.

Mr. Bumble has changed a lot. Where did the lace-trimmed frock coat and the three-cornered hat go? Bumble was no longer parish beadle. After marrying Mrs Corney, he became overseer of the workhouse. Only eight weeks had passed from that happy moment, and Mr. Bumble was already sighing that he had sold himself for six teaspoons.

Mrs. Bumble also did not feel happy in her married life. She disobeyed her husband, humiliated him in every possible way in front of the tenants, undermined his authority in the eyes of the bogadilka, proved her case by force, scratching, pulling her hair, pushing her husband. She intimidated the once formidable master of the workhouse guests, forced him to obey her, and Mr. Bumble called her "dear", "darling", trying to hide from the eyes of a grumpy woman.

One day he went to an inn and sat next to a stranger. After a while, the stranger spoke to Bumble, treated him to a drink, and then began to ask about the history of the birth of Oliver Twist. He did not stand on ceremony with the retired bed-lom, offered him a sovereign for information about "the old witch who took delivery of Oliver's mother."

Mr. Bumble quickly realized that he could earn a large sum, and therefore said that his wife had spoken to the dying Sally and that she knew about the case that the stranger was so interested in. The man made an appointment for the spouses, wrote the address of a corner on the river bank, paid for the drink and moved to the door. Mr. Bumble stopped the stranger and asked who they were looking for. “My name is Monks,” he replied, and hastily moved on.

CHAPTER XXXVIII

Black clouds poured the first drops of rain as Mr. and Mrs. Bumble left late in the evening for their appointment. They walked in silence all the way.

The country in which they were walking had long been a haven for the dregs of society, who lived in hastily built shacks above the river itself. In the middle of this heap of shacks, a dilapidated large structure towered. When this ruin was a factory.

Mr. Bumble stopped in front of the high doors and peered at the slip of paper with the address on it. Suddenly the door opened and Monks appeared on the threshold. He invited the couple to the house.

Mrs. Bumble entered first. Monks glared at her and asked her about the secret she had kept for years. But the woman, although she felt some fear at the sight of this sinister husband, was not at a loss and answered that the first question was how much this secret costs.

Mr. Bumble listened to this bidding with his neck and eyes wide, for his stern wife had not yet revealed more to him than he had known from the beginning.

Monks offered twenty pounds, Mrs Bumble said she wanted twenty-five pounds in gold, and that was agreed upon. The woman saw the glitter of coins in the dim light of the lantern and began to talk about the terrible death of Sally, who managed to tell about the thing stolen from Oliver's mother. In her hand, the dying woman held a bail receipt. Mrs. Bumble guessed that the bogatilla must have kept those precious trinkets at first, hoping to sell them, and then pledged them. The warden thought that maybe someday she would have some use from those things, and therefore bought them back. And now she hurriedly threw them on the table, as if rejoicing that she could finally lose these jewels.

Monks began to look at the gold medallion and the gold ring, in the middle of which the name "Agnes" was engraved, the number, and then there was a place for the surname.

Monks got what he wanted. Suddenly, with all his strength, he pulled the iron ring in the floor, lifted the secret cover, under which the river was seething, and threw the jewels into the stream.

CHAPTER XXXIX

brings on the stage respected faces already familiar to the reader and tells what the worthy Monks and the worthy Jew conferred about

Lately fate has not been too kind to William Sykes. He was ill for a long time so seriously that only thanks to Nancy's care he survived. "Illness did not soften Mr. Sikes' tough temper: when the girl helped him out of bed and led him to a chair, he scolded her for her ineptness, and even kicked her painfully."

Tears trembled on Nancy's eyelashes, but her voice, full of feminine tenderness, sounded soft when she began to say that she patiently nursed him like a small child, and now he does not think that he is hurting her. And Sikes did not even think to soften his rude tone, but went even further.

Feigin looked into the room, saw that Nancy, tired of sleepless nights, had lost consciousness, and rushed to save the girl. He was assisted by Dodger and Charlie Bates. Gradually, the girl woke up and, staggering, went to the bed and fell face down into the pillow.

Sikes was terribly surprised at the sudden appearance of friends, and they put bundles of delicious food and alcohol on the table and began to treat the owner and Nancy.

Bill ate a little, but instead of thanking him, he cursed Feigin and demanded money. Starom had to go home with Nancy to give Sykes the three pounds.

At home, Fagin found Thee Crackit, Mr. Chitling, Dodger, and young Bates. Chitling lost, but kept his admiring gaze on Crackit.

Dodger and Charlie went out into the street to get back what they had lost by looting. Nancy received the promised money from Feigin and sat down at the table, but, hearing a man's voice, hastily tore off her shawl and hat and thrust them under the table.

Monks entered the room, wanting to speak to Fagin in private. The old man led the guest into another room. As soon as their footsteps died away, Nancy jumped up from her chair and, stealthily, followed them, stood under the door of the room and began to listen to the conversation of the men.

After some time, Monks left the house for the street, and Feigin, returning to the room, found Nancy, who was already about to leave.

Sikes, having received the money, did not pay attention to Nancy - he only ate and drank without stopping, and the girl walked around excited, like a man who decided on a desperate step. Sikes demanded more gin, Nancy took the glass, turned her back to Bill, poured the drink and gave it to him to drink. After a while, he collapsed onto the bed and fell into a sound, sound sleep.

Nancy realized that the opium she added to the gin had worked, dressed quickly and left the house. The girl fled to the richer part of the city and stopped only at the door of the hotel-boarding house. It was about eleven o'clock at night, and the servants did not want to let Nancy in, but with incredible difficulty she managed to get a meeting with Miss Maley.

CHAPTER XL

A strange date, which is a continuation of the events described in the previous section

Nancy saw before her a slender and beautiful girl - and a passionate sense of shame for her miserable existence in the disgusting dens of London among thieves and robbers seized her. Rose's heart broke with pity when she looked at Nancy, who told all she knew about Monks, who was looking for Oliver Twist to make him a thief; about Feigin's meeting with Monks, who boasted that he had destroyed the evidence about the boy's origin, and put the imp's money into his hands, and now would like to destroy the boy.

Rose did not know how to proceed, but she really wanted to save Nancy. But the girl refused to accept help. They decided that Nancy would try some more to look out for this dark matter, and that Rose would be waiting for her on London Bridge on Sundays between eleven and twelve o'clock at night.

As Rose asked Nancy to leave a gang of robbers, the girl returned to Sykes.

CHAPTER XLI

Rose felt a passionate desire to uncover the secret of Oliver's origin and decided to seek help from Harry, but could not finish the letter. She thought about the first line for a long time, when suddenly a breathless Oliver ran into the room, went for a walk under the protection of Mr. Giles. The boy said quickly that he had seen Mr. Brownlow in the city and remembered the house that this kind gentleman had entered. Rose decided to meet with Oliver's savior, ordered a carriage and, together with Oliver, went to Mr. Brownlow. The gentleman took it at once. In the room, Miss Maylie found herself in front of an elderly man with a pleasant face. Mr. Grimwig was also present, bowing to the girl in a mannered manner. Miss Rose told the gentlemen all she knew about Oliver's fate and called the boy. Oliver's meeting with Mr. Brownlow, Mr. Grimwig, and Mrs. Bedwin, the housekeeper, moved the girl to tears. Then she told about the meeting with Nancy, and Mr. Brownlow praised her for the reasonable decision to seek help from him, and not to doctor Losbern, who, through his inflammatory temper, could resort to what a reckless step.

"They decided to find out who Oliver's parents were, and return to him the inheritance that was taken from him ... by falsehood." To do this, they need to find Monks, find out his real name and pin him to the wall. In this they can help Nancy, with whom they must meet. Then the gentlemen went to Mrs. Maylie's and told her everything. It was decided that Miss Rosa and Auntie would not leave town anywhere until this confusing matter was resolved to the end.

CHAPTER XLII

Oliver's old acquaintance reveals undoubted signs of genius and becomes a public figure in the capital

Two travelers were approaching London by the northern route. The man “was one of those lanky, bow-legged, clumsy, bony people, whose age is difficult to accurately determine - in their youth they look like underage men, and when they reached adulthood, they resemble overgrown youths. The woman was still young, but plump with a strong build, which he needed to carry a heavy bag tied behind his back. A light bundle dangled from a stick in the companion, and therefore he walked with an easy gait far ahead of the woman. They were Noah Claypole and Charlotte. They had stolen money from Mr. Sowerbury's cash desk and now fled to London to hide from the owner in a back alley of the capital. The city was foreign to them, but Noah unmistakably walked in the direction of gloomy, dirty back streets, until he stopped at the Three Cripples Inn. They went into this lair of criminals, ordered dinner and decided to spend the night here.

In the room where the strangers were brought there was a small inconspicuous window through which Feigin saw the strangers and heard their conversation about stealing twenty pounds and about Noah's desire to become a robber. Feigin realized that he could use this couple in his dark deeds, and therefore, without hesitation, he entered the room, repeated Noah's words about his desire to clean the cash registers of shops, pockets, women's bags, houses, mail coaches, banks and offered his help in implementing these plans. .

CHAPTER XLIII

which tells how the clever Dodger got into a bind

the next day, Noah, who called himself Maurice Bolter, and Charlotte moved in with Feygin, who wanted to ensure that the recruit from the very beginning of his acquaintance was carried away by his ingenious intricacy. “He spoke in detail about the grandiose scope of his operations, interweaving his usefulness with truth and fiction and alternating both with such skill that Mr. awaken' with tales of the gallows that awaits traitors. Further, Feigin told about the arrest of Plut, ordered Poy to find the guy and find out how he was now doing there. The recruit was afraid to go to the police department, but did not dare to contradict the old one. After changing into "a cabman's coat, short plush trousers, and leather leggings," Noah safely entered the courtroom where the Dodger's case was being tried.

Mr Dawkins acted as if he was innocent, threatened the judges to address the Home Secretary, reminded them of his rights and privileges, pretended “as if he intended to sue them immediately, demanded from the jailer that he give “surnames those two old fryers over there in the judges' chairs. This was said in such a way that a loud laughter of the audience was heard in the hall.

Making sure that Plut was taken out of the hall and locked in a small solitary cell, Noah hurried to Feigin "with the joyful news that Plut is doing honor to his tutor and creating a brilliant reputation for himself."

CHAPTER XLIV

It's time for Nancy to fulfill the promise she made to Roga Maylie. She fails

Nancy couldn't hide her embarrassment at the thought of what her confiding in Rog and telling about Fagin, Sykes, and other members of the criminal gang could lead to. She recalled that they all trusted her with their secrets, revealed their vile plans to her, and now she could become the cause of their death. Sykes did not notice these fluctuations, mood changes, but Feigin saw them well.

On Sunday evening, Nancy wanted to leave the house to meet Miss Rosa, but Sykes forbade her to go out, "rather to do contrary than what he had any good reason to keep the girl from the house." Nancy got angry, screamed, then began to beg, but Sikes took her clothes, twisted her arms and stuffed her into a closet, locking the door.

Sikes did not understand what had happened to Nancy, and Feigin, who witnessed her hysteria, then became suspicious and decided to follow the girl.

CHAPTER XLV

Noah Claypole receives a secret mission from Fagin

the next day, Feigin barely waited for his new accomplice. When Noah arrived, the old one praised him for doing a good job yesterday, taking six shillings and nine pence from the children, and instructed him to follow Nancy. Noah waited for the girl for six evenings in vain, and on Sunday evening Nancy cautiously left the house and walked down the street. Noah approached her at a safe distance and followed her, keeping her eyes on the figure of the girl.

CHAPTER XLVI

Promises kept

At eleven o'clock two figures appeared on London Bridge: a woman, as if she were looking for someone, and a man who crept behind. “In the middle of the bridge, the woman stopped, and the pursuer also stopped.”

The night was dark, and solitary passers-by quickly left, not noticing either the woman or the man.

It was midnight when a carriage stopped in the middle of the bridge, from which a young lady and a gray-haired gentleman got out. Nancy went up to them, but did not speak, because this is where a man in peasant clothes passed. The girl offered to go down the stairs from the bridge, not noticing that the peasant went there and hid in a dark corner so that he could continue the pursuit if necessary. But Nancy led her companions just to the spy, who could hear every word, and stopped. Unaware that they were being overheard, the girl confided to Miss Rosa and the gentleman her disturbing forebodings, and they felt sorry for this lost soul.

The gentleman spoke of his plans for a way to extort the secret from Monks through Fagin, but Nancy protested that she would never betray this devil in human form, who had ruined her life, but remained her accomplice. She secured their word of honor that neither Fagin nor Sikes would be harmed, and only then did she describe Monks. The gentleman completed the description and stated that he seemed to know the rascal. Saying goodbye, the gentleman assured Nancy that he would do everything in his power to extract the girl, give her a quiet, safe home, restore peace of mind. He asked Nancy to leave everything, to give up the life of a thief and take advantage of the opportunity to breathe clean air. The gentleman saw that she was going through an internal struggle, but she could not give up the life that held her like a chain.

Nancy explained that she had gone too far to return, asking to be left in the house that she had created for herself with the deeds of her life.

Finally they said goodbye and parted ways. The spy, who heard everything word for word, was surprised and stood still for some time, and then, stealthily, went to Feygin's house.

CHAPTER XLVII

fatal consequences

Late at night, Feigin sat in front of an extinguished fireplace "and thoughtfully chewed on his long black nails, exposing his toothless gums, on which fangs, similar to the teeth of a dog or a rat, protruded here and there."

Noah Claypole slept peacefully on the floor. Feigin looked at him, and annoyance grew in his soul at the girl who turned out to be a traitor.

Sikes entered the room with a package in his hand. Feigin stared at the robber, and then began to hint that there was a traitor among them. Sykes at first did not understand anything, and then declared that if such a thing happened, he would have killed with his own hands the scoundrel who would have expressed them. Hearing this, Feigin woke Noah and ordered him to tell them everything that he had learned while spying on Nancy.

Noah told in detail about Nancy's meeting with the lady and gentleman on London Bridge, about their conversation, about the fact that Nessie refused to betray her accomplices, but named the house where they meet.

Hearing all this, Sikes became furious and ran out the door. Never stopping, not hesitating for a moment, looking at himself with a wild, determined air, and clenching his teeth under the skin, his cheekbones protruded, the robber rushed at full speed until he was at the door of his dwelling. He went into the room where Nancy slept, turned the key twice in the lock, and pushed the heavy table against the door.

Nancy woke up and looked at him with frightened eyes. For some time the robber sat, breathing heavily, and then grabbed the girl and covered her mouth with his heavy paw. Nancy clung to his hands, begged for mercy, reminded her of what she had given up for him, spoke of her loyalty, but the killer pulled his hand away, took a gun and hit the victim twice on the head with a heavy handle. Nancy fell, covered in blood, and immediately got up. Furious with rage at the sight of blood, Sikes grabbed a heavy stick and struck Nancy on the head with it.

CHAPTER XLVIII

Sykes Escape

The clear sun, equally generously pouring its radiance through the expensive colored glass and the window covered with paper, lit up the room where the murdered girl lay. This horrific sight frightened Sikes.

Suddenly a groan was heard, and the girl's hand trembled. Then, beside himself with fear and rage, Sikes beat Nancy again and again. Then he threw his stick into the fire, washed himself, cleaned his clothes, and backed toward the door, dragging the dog behind him.

After leaving the house, the killer quickly left. He walked through the streets without looking at the road, walked through the wasteland, wandered through the fields, started running, stopped, lay down to rest, and then walked again. “The morning was long past, and after it the day, and it was already getting dark, and Sikes kept walking this way and that, circling in one place.” Finally he went into the village, turned to a small pub, ordered dinner and sat in a corner, listening to the chatter of the peasants. Suddenly another guest appeared in the room. He was a noisy shopkeeper who sold all sorts of utensils. The peasants began to exchange jokes, asked about the goods. The shopkeeper was taking out belts, razors, soap and stain remover from his box. To confirm the effectiveness of the miracle cure, the shopkeeper took Sikes's hat, on which he noticed a stain, and wanted to remove it. The murderer jumped up, snatched the hat from the dumbfounded merchant's hands, and rushed out into the street. There he saw a mail carriage and, hiding in the dark, began to listen to the conversation of the conductor and the postman. It was about the horrific murder of a young girl. Sikes waited for the carriage to leave, and then went down the deserted and dark path. Suddenly, in the darkness, he saw the familiar figure of Nancy, heard her dying moan. The killer stopped for a moment, and then the whole spirit ran. The figure was not far behind him. “She flew nearby on the wings of a quiet sad wind, which did not intensify, but did not subside either.” The hair on Sikes' head stood up, the blood froze in his veins. At times he was filled with a desperate determination to drive the ghost away, but the figure remained by his side all the time.

Sikes hid in a shed, but in front of him in the darkness the eyes of a murdered girl shone.

Suddenly, the night wind brought him heart-rending screams and cries. Somewhere far away there was a fire, and Sikes rushed there, closer to the human voices. He, along with men and women, rescued livestock, carried water, filled fire.

Got busy in the morning. Tired people borrowed from the ruins, talked, and Sikes again heard about the murder of the girl. He hurried out of there, wandered again through the deserted fields, and then went straight to London, where he thought he was not to be found. The only thing that can lead investigators to his trail is a remarkable dog. Sikes decided to drown the dog, but he, sensing danger, fled from the owner.

CHAPTER XLIX

Monks and Mr. Brownlow finally meet

Mr. Brownlow tracked down Monks and forced him to confess everything that the criminal did against Oliver, who was his half-brother.

The old gentleman was a friend of Monks's father, and knew well the torments and pains of his marriage to his first wife. Monks' mother was ten years older than her husband and was not very worried that their marriage broke up, but, having learned about the birth of Oliver and the will in his favor, she revealed the secret to her son. Monks destroyed the evidence about the origin of Oliver, tried to destroy the boy himself, but now, when Mr. Brownlow turned over the pages of his actions in front of him, the villain was really scared, because the police could find out about his meeting with Sykes, Fagin and other criminals. The gentleman made Monks sign a confession about Oliver's parentage.

CHAPTER L

Chase and flight

Not far from the banks of the Thames is one of the most disgusting suburbs of London, most of whose inhabitants do not even know its name. The inhabitants of the nyapivruynovanyh houses lived in incredible poverty, "only a great need for a secret shelter, or hopeless difficulties can force a person to seek shelter here."

Here in one of these houses, in which strong doors and windows are still preserved, Thee Crackit, Mr. Chitling, and the runaway convict Kegs gathered.

Mr. Chitling witnessed how the police first arrested Fagin, and then protected him from the mob, ready to tear the thief to shreds. Terrified at the memory of this sight, Mr. Chitling was telling the thieves about the fury of the crowd, when suddenly Sikes the dog ran into the room. The thieves rushed to look for Sikes, but he was nowhere to be found. And only late at night the killer knocked on the door of the house. They let him in, but Charlie Bages, who arrived a little later, raised a shout and started a fight with Sikes, because he did not want to be in the same house with Nancy's killer. The noise that arose among the robbers woke the people. Someone called the police, but people, without waiting for the lawyers, surrounded the house and began to break down the door.

Sikes, seeing that he could not escape through the windows and doors, climbed onto the roof, put his foot on the chimney, tied one end of the rope tightly around it, and made a loop on the other. On this rope, he decided to go down to the ditch with water and either drown in the mud, or break free. The killer had already thrown the noose over his head, about to put it under his armpits, when, looking back, he threw his hands up and gasped in horror. Right in front of him, he saw the eyes of the Nancy he had killed. Sikes staggered, lost his balance and fell down. The noose that was just around his neck tightened, and the killer hung between the roof and the ditch.

The dog, which until now had been hiding somewhere, jumped out onto the roof, howling drearily, began to run along the parapet, and then jumped on the shoulders of the dead man. Unable to resist, the dog somersaulted into the ditch, hit a stone and cracked his head.

CHAPTER LI

finds out many secrets and tells about the marriage proposal, during which the question of dowry and money for trinkets for the wife was not considered

A few days after the events of the previous section, Oliver, along with Mrs. Maylie, Rose, Mrs. Bedwin, and the doctor, were on their way to their home town in a carriage. The boy already knew everything about Monks, his parents, and sat in a corner silent and discouraged.

When the carriage entered the city, Oliver became as if he were not himself. He looked at familiar places, laughed and cried at the same time, remembered Dick - his only friend, who once blessed him for a long and happy life.

Friends stayed at the main hotel in the city. When everyone was seated, Mr. Grimwig and Mr. Losberne entered Oliver's room, accompanied by Mr. Brownlow and her husband, who, when looking through the window to the boy, frightened him terribly with his unusual appearance. Oliver was informed that Monks, his half-brothers, had signed papers declaring the boy heir to his father's fortunes. Then Monks was forced to tell how his mother burned the will, was drawn up in favor of Oliver, and bequeathed to him her hatred of her father's illegitimate child and his beloved. The scoundrel swore to his mother to hunt the boy, to pursue him with extraordinary cruelty, to entangle the child in a web of evil and crimes in order to tarnish the mother's name forever.

When the conversation turned to the wedding ring and locket, Mr. Brownlow led Mrs. Bumble and her husband into the room, who turned to Oliver with mock joy. But his wife sent him to catch his tongue, and he wilted, then muttered, and finally fell silent.

The couple did not want to know Monks, it was not recognized that it was they who sold Oliver's mother's jewels to the scoundrel. But then two paralyzed women were brought into the room, who told of an overheard conversation between Mrs. Bumble and a young woman who had just given birth to a boy and was dying. Mrs. and Mr. Bumble had to admit everything.

Secrets were revealed in this room and beyond. It turned out that Rosa was the younger sister of Agnes, Oliver's mother. When Agnes became pregnant, she left the family. The saddened father changed his surname, moved to another corner of the country, where he died, leaving no letter, no notebook, no piece of paper that would help find his friends or relatives. The rose was adopted by a poor peasant family, but later handed over to Mrs. Maylie, who fell in love with the girl.

Oliver threw himself into the arms of Rose, because now it became clear that she was his own aunt. “In one minute they found and lost their father, Mother and sister, and sadness merged in one bowl, but there was no bitterness in their tears,” because they were sanctified by deep feelings of love. "For a long, long time they sat alone," until Harry Mayley entered the room. He returned to Rosa to ask her again to be his wife. For the sake of his beloved, Harry left his career, high society, and in return offered the girl a heart and a home.

CHAPTER LII

Feigin's last night

The hall where Feigin was tried was filled to the top rows. The criminal stood like a pillar behind a wooden barrier, only occasionally glancing from the chairman of the court, who was delivering an accusatory speech, at the lawyer. He peered intently into the faces of the jurors, trying to guess their verdict, raised his eyes to the gallery and could not read the slightest sympathy in any face.

As a result, the jury decided the fate of the criminal - he must!

“The courthouse shook with a powerful scream that repeated over and over again as well. then echoed in bursts of roar that boomed out each time like the roar of angry thunder. Then the crowd rejoiced in the yard, welcoming the news that on Monday he would die.

Feigin silently listened to the verdict, looking intently at the judge and not understanding a word. He stood like a marble statue, his lower jaw dropped, and his wide-open eyes stared at one point. The jailer had to take him by the shoulders so that he would understand that it was all over.

Feigin was taken to death row and left alone. At first he tried to collect his thoughts, then he began to recall speeches in court and think about those suicide bombers who were sitting in this cell, awaiting execution.

The day passed very quickly. At night, two jailers entered the cell to guard the prisoner in turn until the execution. Now Feigin no longer sat, but every minute jumped up and began to rush around the cell in such a rage that the jailers guarded him together, afraid to stay with him eye to eye.

Monday, the day of execution, came suddenly for Feigin. He did not notice how three days flew by. On the day of the execution, Oliver and Mr. Brownlow came to the death row. Feigin was almost unconscious from fear of imminent death, but he nevertheless recognized Oliver and told the boy where the papers that Monks had deposited were hidden.

CHAPTER LIII

And last

A few words can tell about the fate of the heroes.

Rose Fleming and Harry Maley got married in the country church and moved into a happy new home. Harry became a priest.

Mrs. Maylie moved in with her son and daughter-in-law.

Oliver and Monks each got £3,000 from their parents' fortunes. Monks, without delay, squandered his share, went to prison for deceit and died there.

Mr. Brownlow adopted Oliver and settled near Rose and Harry.

Mr. Noah Claypole chose the profession of an informer. Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, deprived of their positions, ended up in the same workhouse where they once ruled over others.

The young Charles Bates, terribly shocked by Sykes's crime, came to the conclusion that he should put an end to his criminal past. Through hard work, he achieved a good goal and became a cattle breeder.

In the altar of the village church there is a marble plaque engraved with the name "Agnes". There is NO coffin in this crypt, but if the souls of the dead return to those they loved in life, then the shadow of Agnes should hover in this quiet place.

Year: 1839 Genre: novel

Main characters: boy Oliver Twist, Mr. Brownlow, Monks, Sykes and Nancy

The novel tells about a little boy who had to go through a lot of injustice and grief in his life. Oliver has been tempted many times. Besides, he could always choose the underworld to survive. But in the end, he was able to survive all the difficulties. And yet remain in this dirty world - a pure and innocent child.

Roman teaches us to remain always pure and innocent in the midst of all that is bad and criminal.

Oliver Twist is a little boy who was born in a workhouse, as his mother died just after giving birth to him. Therefore, he was an orphan who knew neither mother nor father. That is why he stayed in this house. This boy has never seen affection from adults in his life and heard kind words. All around were - evil, hateful and cruel. He was often offended and beaten, because he was small, and therefore defenseless. That is why he lived a very bad life all these nine years. The boy never smiled, because there are only guards around, who are cruel and angry. All these people who met on the path of a difficult boy were selfish, greedy and incredibly evil.

Soon the boy, who had grown up a little, was decided to be apprenticed to an undertaker. And even there, the boy picked up a lot of evil and grief from the people around him. It is there that Oliver meets another boy who is older than him, and therefore, he is arrogant and evil. This is Noah Claypole, who just got fat from his laziness and cruelty. There is also a maid who is madly in love with Noe. That's why she always gave the best pieces of food to her beloved. And he made good use of it. It was this Noe, who is also from the orphanage, who only added grief in relation to little Oliver Twist. But at first Oliver endures everything, since there is nothing else left for him. But one day, when Oliver simply could not stand it anymore, he just got angry and just beat Noah. This outraged everyone who found out about it, and therefore the little boy who was made guilty had it even worse. Since he was severely punished, Oliver decided to run away and did so.

Oliver wanders, looking for a way - to London, to change something. It is on the road that Oliver meets a boy who is about the age of Twist, and therefore he decides to help a defenseless one-year-old. And this boy, whose name is Jack Dawkins, shares his food with Oliver, and offers to give him a place to sleep in the big city of London. It is there that Jack Dawkins brings him, where he gives him a lodging for the night, as well as food. In general, he brought Oliver Twist to the lair of the most inveterate criminal - a Jew who led all petty thieves, and even murderers, if necessary.

This Jew was very cunning and evil, but he knew how to hide everything and pretend, if necessary, to be very flattering and kind. Perhaps that is why he misled the little boy, who knew nothing about such a life, and besides, he did not know love and tenderness. Therefore, he remains in this house, and after some time he is forced to work for them involuntarily. Oliver already understands that he has fallen into the most terrible lair, where he will not be able to remain a clean and unsullied boy for sure. But he can’t do anything, because, as it seems to him, there is no way out. Once, he comes across, although he does not steal anything, but is simply present involuntarily when his little peers are stolen.

It was then that he was captured and they wanted to put him in jail. But he was acquitted in court, and he was released. Oliver falls into the hands of Mr. Branlow. There he is very sick, but he is looked after and simply loved. The boy is very good and smart, and also, Mr. Branlow decides to take on his upbringing. In addition, in the room, the hall, there is a porter of a beautiful woman, and Oliver is very similar to her. This is what makes the rich gentleman think that the boy is the son of this woman, who, alas, is dead.

But soon Oliver is kidnapped, as the Jew Fagin finds out where he lives. After all, this terrible man wants at all costs to make Oliver a thief and a criminal. And then Fagin plans a robbery of a rich house, and Oliver is suitable for the little thief, since he is small and thin. But Oliver disrupts the operation, and he is badly wounded with a gun, as he deliberately raises the alarm in the house. He is pulled out by criminals, but since he is wounded and all of them are being chased, he throws him into a ditch, where those people from a rich house find him. They take care of him, and Oliver lives there. But Fagin is very worried, as well as all his true friends, as they are afraid that Oliver will tell about them, give them away. That's why they keep looking for it.

Soon, it is Monks, one of the criminals, who is actually Oliver's older stepbrother, who finds out his origin, and has evidence for this. And because they are going to crank out a scam, where it is very important to have a boy. Since through him you can get a lot of money, because the boy’s inheritance is very large. But all plans fall apart, as a murder happens, through which - someone goes to prison, and someone dies.

Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse. His mother managed to throw one glance at him and died; until the boy was nine years old, he did not manage to find out who his parents were.

Not a single affectionate word, not a single affectionate glance has ever illuminated his dull infancy, he knew only hunger, beatings, bullying and deprivation. From the workhouse, Oliver is apprenticed to an undertaker; there he runs into Noah's orphanage boy Claypole, who, being older and stronger, constantly humiliates Oliver. He resignedly demolishes everything, until one day Noe spoke ill of his mother - Oliver could not bear this and beat off a stronger and stronger, but cowardly offender. He is severely punished and runs from the undertaker.

Seeing the road sign "London", Oliver heads there. He spends the night in haystacks, suffers from hunger, cold and fatigue. On the seventh day after the escape in the town of Barnet, Oliver meets a ragamuffin of his age, who introduced himself as Jack Dawkins, nicknamed the Artful Dodger, fed him and promised him an overnight stay and patronage in London. The dexterous Dodger brought Oliver to the buyer of stolen goods, the godfather of London thieves and swindlers, the Jew Fagin - it was his patronage that was meant. Fagin promises to teach Oliver the trade and give him a job, but in the meantime the boy spends many days tearing marks from handkerchiefs that young thieves bring to Fagin. When he first goes “to work” and sees with his own eyes how his mentors the Artful Dodger and Charlie Bates pull a handkerchief out of a gentleman’s pocket, he runs in horror, they grab him like a thief and drag him to the judge. Fortunately, the gentleman renounces the suit and, full of sympathy for the persecuted child, takes him to his place. Oliver has been ill for a long time, Mr. Brownlow and his housekeeper, Mrs. Bedwin, nurse him, marveling at his resemblance to the portrait of a beautiful young woman that hangs in the living room. Mr. Brownlow wants to adopt Oliver.

However, Fagin, fearful that Oliver will lead the law on his trail, tracks down and kidnaps him. He strives at all costs to make a thief out of Oliver and to achieve the complete submission of the boy. In order to rob Fagin's house, where he is very attracted to silverware, the performer of this action, Bill Sykes, who recently returned from prison, needs a "lean boy" who, being thrust through the window, would open the door to the robbers. The choice falls on Oliver.

Oliver is determined to raise the alarm in the house as soon as he is there, so as not to participate in the crime. But he did not have time: the house was guarded, and the boy, half pushed through the window, was immediately wounded in the arm. Saike pulls him out, bleeding, and carries him away, but, hearing the chase, throws him into a ditch, not knowing for sure whether he is alive or dead. Waking up, Oliver wanders to the porch of the house; its occupant, Mrs. Maylie, and her niece, Roz, put him to bed and call a doctor, abandoning the idea of ​​betraying the poor child to the police.

Meanwhile, in the workhouse where Oliver was born, a poor old woman dies, who at one time looked after his mother, and when she died, robbed her. Old Sally summons Mrs. Corney, the warden, and repents of having stolen the golden thing that the young woman asked her to keep, because this thing, perhaps, will make people treat her child better. Without finishing, old Sally died, giving Mrs. Corney a mortgage receipt.

Fagin is very concerned about Sikes' absence and about Oliver's fate. Having lost control of himself, he inadvertently shouts in the presence of Nancy, Sikes' girlfriend, that Oliver is worth hundreds of pounds, and mentions some kind of will. Nancy, pretending to be drunk, lulls his vigilance, sneaks after him and eavesdrops on his conversation with the mysterious stranger Monks. It turns out that Fedzhin stubbornly turns Oliver into a thief by order of a stranger, and he is very afraid that Oliver will be killed and the thread will lead to him - he needs the boy to become a thief without fail. Fagin promises to find Oliver and deliver to Monks - dead or alive.

Oliver slowly recovers at the home of Mrs. Maylie and Rose, surrounded by the sympathy and care of these ladies and their family doctor, Dr. Losbern. He honestly tells them his story. Alas, it is not confirmed by anything! When, at the request of the boy, the doctor goes with him to pay a visit to Dr. Brownlow, it turns out that he, having rented the house, went to the West Indies; when Oliver recognizes the house by the road, where Sikes took him before the robbery, Dr. Losbern discovers that the description of the rooms and the owner does not match ... But this does not make Oliver worse. With the advent of spring, both ladies move to rest in the village and take the boy with them. There, he once encounters a hideous-looking stranger who curses him and rolls on the ground in a fit. Oliver does not attach importance to this meeting, considering him crazy. But after a while the stranger's face next to Fagin's face appears to him in the window. At the cry of the boy, the household fled, but the search did not yield any results.

Monks, meanwhile, is wasting no time. In the town where Oliver was born, he finds the owner of the secret of old Sally, Mrs. Creakle - by this time she had managed to get married and become Mrs. Bumble. For twenty-five pounds, Monks buys from her a small purse which old Sally took from the body of Oliver's mother. In the purse lay a gold medallion, and in it were two curls and a wedding ring; the inside of the locket was engraved with the name "Agnes", leaving room for the surname and the date, about a year before Oliver's birth. Monks throws this purse with all its contents into the stream, where it can no longer be found. When he returns, he tells Fagin about this, and Nancy overhears them again. Shocked by what she heard, and tormented by her conscience at having helped Fagin get Oliver back by tricking him away from Mr. Brownlow, she, after sedating Sikes with opium, goes to where Lady Maylie was staying, and tells Rose everything she overheard: that if Oliver is captured again, Fagin will receive a certain amount, which will increase many times over if Fagin makes a thief out of him, that the only evidence that establishes the identity of the boy lies at the bottom of the river, that although Monks did get Olivet's money ¬ra, but it would be better to achieve them in another way - to drag the boy through all the city prisons and hang him on the gallows; while Monks called Oliver his brother and was glad that he was at the Lady Maylie's, for they would give many hundreds of pounds to find out Oliver's origins. Nancy asks not to extradite her, refuses to accept money or any help, and returns to Sikes, promising to walk along London Bridge every Sunday at eleven.

Roz is looking for someone to ask for advice. A lucky chance helps: Oliver saw Mr. Brownlow on the street and found out his address. They immediately go to Mr. Brownlow. After listening to Roz, he decides to dedicate Dr. Losbern to the essence of the matter, and then his friend Mr. Grimwig and Mrs. Mayley's son Harry (Ros and Harry have long been in love with each other, but Roz does not say yes to him, fearing to damage his reputation and career of dubious parentage - she is Mrs Mayley's adopted niece). After discussing the situation, the council decides to wait until Sunday to ask Nancy to show them Monks, or at least describe his appearance in detail.

They waited for Nancy only the next Sunday: for the first time, Sikes did not let her out of the house. At the same time, Fagin, seeing the girl’s insistent desire to leave, suspected something was wrong and ordered Noe Claypole to follow her, who by this time, having robbed his owner, the undertaker, fled to London and fell into the clutches of Fagin. Fedzhin, hearing Noe's report, went into a frenzy: he thought that Nancy just got herself a new boyfriend, but the matter turned out to be much more serious. Deciding to punish the girl with someone else's hands, he tells Sikes that Nancy betrayed everyone, of course, without specifying that she only spoke about Monks and gave up money and hope for an honest life in order to return to Sikes. He calculated correctly: Saike was furious. But he underestimated the power of this rage: Bill Sikes brutally killed Nancy.

Meanwhile, Mr. Brownlow does not waste time: he conducts his own investigation. After receiving a description of Monks from Nancy, he reconstructs the full picture of a drama that began many years ago. The father of Edwin Lyford (Monks real name) and Oliver was an old friend of Mr. Brownlow. He was unhappy in marriage, his son showed vicious inclinations from an early age - and he broke up with his first family. He fell in love with young Agnes Fleming, with whom he was happy, but business called him abroad. In Rome he fell ill and died. His wife and son, fearing to lose their inheritance, also came to Rome. Among the papers they found an envelope addressed to Mr. Brownlow, containing a letter for Agnes and a will. In the letter, he begged to forgive him and to wear a medallion and a ring as a sign of this. In his will he allotted eight hundred pounds each to his wife and eldest son, and left the rest of the property to Agnes Fleming and the child, if he was born alive and reaches the age of majority, and the girl inherits the money unconditionally, and the boy only on condition that he does not stain his own name by no dishonorable act. Monks' mother burned this will, but she kept the letter in order to disgrace Agnes's family. After her visit, under the yoke of shame, the girl's father changed his surname and fled with both daughters (the second was just a baby) to the most remote corner of Wales. Soon he was found dead in bed - Agnes had left the house, he could not find her, he thought that she had committed suicide, and his heart broke. The younger sister Agnes was first taken up by the peasants, and then she became the adoptive niece of Mrs. Maylie - it was Roz.

At the age of eighteen, Monks ran away from his mother by robbing her, and there was no such sin that he would not indulge in. But before her death, she found him and told this secret. Monks drew up and began to carry out his diabolical plan, which Nancy prevented at the cost of her life.

Presenting irrefutable evidence, Mr. Brownlow forces Monks to carry out the will of his father and leave England.

So Oliver found an aunt, Rose resolved her doubts about her parentage, and finally said yes to Harry, who preferred the life of a country priest to a brilliant career, and the Mayley family and Dr. Losberne became close friends with Mr. Grimwig and Mr. Brownlow, who adopted Oliver.

Bill Sykes died, tormented by a bad conscience, he did not have time to arrest; and Fagin was arrested and executed.

Little Oliver Twist is born into the world in a house for the poor, his mother dies in childbirth, and the boy himself remains in this institution until the age of nine, knowing nothing about his parents. None of the people around shows kindness or attention towards Oliver, the boy is only familiar with constant beatings, rude curses and a feeling of hunger.

When the boy grows up a little, he is sent to study at the undertaker's workshop, where the older comrade, who grew up in the orphanage, does not stop humiliating him and periodically beating him. For quite a long time, the timid Oliver meekly endures such treatment, but one day his enemy allows himself an insulting remark about his mother, and the boy, unable to stand it, rushes at the offender with his fists. Subjected to severe punishment, Oliver decides to run away from the undertaker and try to look for some other fate for himself.

On the way to London, he meets his peer, who introduced himself as the Artful Dodger, this cunning boy promises Oliver that he will help him get a good job in the capital. The rogue brings his new ward to a certain Fagin, a well-known buyer of stolen goods and patron of many London thieves. This man promises the boy to teach him a worthy craft and provide him with a job in the future, and Oliver will have to start by ripping marks from stolen handkerchiefs.

When Oliver is sent "on business" for the first time, the boy sees how his comrades deftly remove a handkerchief from the pocket of a random passerby, the boy comes into a panic and tries to run away. However, he is apprehended and brought before a judge, accused of attempted theft. But the gentleman, whose handkerchief was seized, does not make any claims, and the judge by the name of Brownlow simply feels sorry for the unfortunate boy, he takes Oliver to his home.

After these events, the child is ill for a long time, the judge takes care of him along with his housekeeper, while both are surprised at Oliver's striking resemblance to the portrait of an attractive girl hanging in the living room. Mr. Brownlow is going to keep the boy forever and take care of his upbringing and education.

But Fagin is afraid that Oliver can put the police on his trail, so he, having tracked down Twist, kidnaps him and tries to turn the boy into a real thief, if not voluntarily, then by force. Fagin plans to rob a wealthy house, Bill Sykes, who was recently released from prison, should carry out the operation, and as an assistant he needs a thin boy who can be thrust through the window, and he will subsequently open the front door of the mansion for the robbers. Oliver is chosen for this purpose.

The boy does not want to be a criminal, he intends, once inside, to raise an alarm in the house. However, the building is under guard, and Oliver, who has not yet been fully pushed through the window, is immediately wounded in the arm. Bill initially carries the boy away, bleeding profusely, but realizing that he is being chased, he throws Oliver into a ditch, without thinking about whether the child is still alive. Waking up, Twist gets to the porch of the first house that comes across, the elderly mistress of this building, Mrs. Maylie, and her young niece, called Roz, are imbued with deep compassion for the wounded boy and invite a doctor to him, determined not to betray him to the police.

At the same time, an old woman named Sally dies in the workhouse, who once had to care for Oliver's deceased mother, and after her death, Sally appropriated a piece of gold that she was begged to keep. Before her death, the woman manages to give the overseer of the workhouse a receipt for the pawn of this item.
Fagin is extremely worried about the disappearance of the boy. Bill Sykes' friend Nancy hears from him that Oliver is worth a lot of money, and an interested girl overhears his conversation with a certain Mr. Monks. It becomes clear that Fagin is trying to make a thief out of the boy on someone else's order, and Monks demands to immediately find Oliver, regardless of whether the boy is still alive or dead.

Twist himself is gradually recovering, surrounded by the cares of Mrs. Maylie and Roz. He frankly tells women about everything that happened to him, but his words are not confirmed by anything. It turns out that Judge Brownlow has left for the West Indies for a long time, and when Oliver recognizes the mansion that Sikes tried to rob, Mrs. Mayley's family doctor sees that the boy's description does not match reality. However, Oliver's patrons do not at all lose their disposition towards the child, going on vacation in the countryside in the spring, they take him with them.

Monks continues to search for the boy, and manages to redeem a small purse taken by the late Sally from the body of Oliver's deceased mother. The purse contains a locket with the name "Agnes", a wedding ring and two curls, Monks throws it all into the river, not wanting anyone to be able to find these items and find out the truth about the orphan's origins.

Nancy overhears his conversation with Fagin again, and the girl, not wanting to be an accomplice of these dishonest and cruel people, hurries to Mrs. Maylie and tells her everything that she has learned. According to her, Monks called Oliver his brother and hoped that they would still make a thief out of the boy and subsequently he would be on the gallows, in which case the money due to him by birthright would go to Monks.

Roz thinks hard about who to consult in such a situation. Oliver accidentally meets Judge Brownlow, and soon he, along with Miss Maley, goes to visit him. Harry, the son of Mrs. Mayley, is also initiated into the heart of the matter; this young man and Roz have long been indifferent to each other. The interested parties collectively decide, with Nancy's help, to either see Monks, or at least form a more detailed idea of ​​his appearance.

However, Fagin, seeing how Nancy is trying to sneak out of the house, asks one of the henchmen to follow her. Upon learning the truth, he becomes furious and immediately tells Sikes that his girlfriend betrayed their entire gang of thieves. Bill, who has lost his temper, brutally cracks down on the girl.

Brownlow gradually restores the whole story, including Oliver. The father of Edwin, now hiding under the name of Monks, and Oliver did not feel happy in his first marriage. He left the family, falling in love with a young girl, Agnes Fleming. Having then gone abroad on business, he died in Rome. The widow and son hurried to come to Italy, fearing to lose a solid inheritance. They managed to find an envelope with a letter addressed to Brownlow, where the head of the family left only a small amount to his official wife and son, who always showed the most nasty inclinations, and the rest of the state was asked to be transferred to Agnes and her unborn child, if he survives and becomes an adult.

However, the boy was supposed to inherit the funds only if he did not commit any illegal acts, while there were no barriers for the girl. Monks' mother immediately destroyed this order, and the letter was soon shown to Agnes's father. After a short time, he died of a broken heart, unable to withstand the shame, after his death, a little girl, Rose, was left, who was then taken up by Mrs. Maylie.

Having matured, Monks left his mother, having previously completely robbed her, and began to lead the most criminal and immoral life. However, the unfortunate woman, just before her death, found him and told the truth about her father and his will. The dishonest man devised a cunning plan for Oliver and began to put it into action, but is thwarted first by Nancy and then by the intervening Mr. Brownlow. The judge insists that Monks immediately leave England, as his father demanded.

Thus, the orphan Oliver has a loving aunt, Rose has no doubts about her origin, and she decides to marry Harry Maley. Brownlow adopts Oliver, and Fagin is subsequently arrested and executed.