Cruikshank’s Water Colours

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Cruikshank’s Water Colours by Charles Dickens, W. H. Maxwell, William Harrison Ainsworth.

Contents

• CRUIKSHANK’S WATER COLOURS4
• With Introduction By Joseph Grego5
• INTRODUCTION13
• OLIVER TWIST30
• THE ADVENTURES OF A PARISH ORPHAN BY CHARLES DICKENS31
• ILLUSTRATED WITH 27 WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK31
• CHAPTER I — TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH34
• CHAPTER II — TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD38
• CHAPTER III — RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE50
• CHAPTER IV — OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE60
• CHAPTER VI — OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM80
• CHAPTER VII — OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY86
• CHAPTER VIII — OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN93
• CHAPTER IX — CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS103
• ‘Where’s Oliver?’ said the Jew, rising with a menacing look. ‘Where’s the boy?’135
• CHAPTER XV — SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE155
• CHAPTER XVI — RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY163
• CHAPTER XVII — OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION174
• CHAPTER XVIII — HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS184
• CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON194
• CHAPTER XX — WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES204
• CHAPTER XXI — THE EXPEDITION213
• CHAPTER XXII — THE BURGLARY220
• ‘Hallo!’ cried a loud, hoarse voice, as soon as they set foot in the passage.220
• CHAPTER XXIV — TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY238
• CHAPTER XXV — WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY245
• CHAPTER XXVII — ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY265
• CHAPTER XXVIII — LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES274
• CHAPTER XXIX — HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED286
• CHAPTER XXX — RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM291
• CHAPTER XXXI — INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION298
• CHAPTER XXXII — OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS310
• CHAPTER XXXIII — WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK320
• TIME ARRIVES348
• CHAPTER XXXVII — IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES352
• CHAPTER XL — A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER392
• CHAPTER XLI — CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE399
• CHAPTER XLIII — WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE423
• CHAPTER XLIV — THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.434
• CHAPTER XLV — NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION441
• CHAPTER XLVI — THE APPOINTMENT KEPT445
• CHAPTER XLVII — FATAL CONSEQUENCES456
• CHAPTER XLVIII — THE FLIGHT OF SIKES464
• CHAPTER XLIX — MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT474
• CHAPTER L — THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE484
• CHAPTER LII — FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE511
• CHAPTER LIII — AND LAST521
• THE MISER’S DAUGHTER527
• A Tale527
• Author Of ‘The Tower Of London’528
• HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798 AND EMMETT’S INSURRECTION IN 1803 By W. H. Maxwell632
• Author Of ‘The Life Of The Duke Of Wellington,’ Etc. Etc.633
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE781

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