| Introduction | p. xv |
| Chronology | p. xxxi |
| The Author's Preface to the Third Edition (1841) | p. xxxv |
| Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending his birth | p. 1 |
| Treats of Oliver Twist's growth, education, and board | p. 5 |
| Relates how Oliver Twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure | p. 17 |
| Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life | p. 27 |
| Oliver mingles with new associates. Going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master's business | p. 35 |
| Oliver, being goaded by the taunts of Noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him | p. 47 |
| Oliver continues refractory | p. 53 |
| Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman | p. 61 |
| Containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentleman, and his hopeful pupils | p. 71 |
| Oliver becomes better acquainted with the characters of his new associates; and purchases experience at a high price. Being a short, but very important chapter, in this history | p. 79 |
| Treats of Mr. Fang the Police Magistrate; and furnishes a slight specimen of his mode of administering justice | p. 85 |
| In which Oliver is taken better care of than he ever was before. And in which the narrative reverts to the merry old gentleman and his youthful friends | p. 95 |
| Some new acquaintances are introduced to the intelligent reader, connected with whom, various pleasant matters are related, appertaining to this history | p. 105 |
| Comprising further particulars of Oliver's stay at Mr. Brownlow's, with the remarkable prediction which one Mr. Grimwig uttered concerning him, when he went out on an errand | p. 115 |
| Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist, the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were | p. 127 |
| Relates what became of Oliver Twist, after he had been claimed by Nancy | p. 135 |
| Oliver's destiny continuing unpropitious, brings a great man to London to injure his reputation | p. 147 |
| How Oliver passed his time in the improving society of his reputable friends | p. 157 |
| In which a notable plan is discussed and determined on | p. 167 |
| Wherein Oliver is delivered over to Mr. William Sikes | p. 179 |
| The Expedition | p. 189 |
| The Burglary | p. 197 |
| Which contains the substance of a pleasant conversation between Mr. Bumble and a lady; and shows that even a beadle may be susceptible on some points | p. 205 |
| Treats of a very poor subject. But is a short one, and may be found of importance in this history | p. 213 |
| Wherein this history reverts to Mr. Fagin and Company | p. 221 |
| In which a mysterious character appears upon the scene; and many things, inseparable from this history, are done and performed | p. 229 |
| Atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously | p. 243 |
| Looks after Oliver, and proceeds with his adventures | p. 251 |
| Has an introductory account of the inmates of the house, to which Oliver resorted | p. 261 |
| Relates what Oliver's new visitors thought of him | p. 267 |
| Involves a critical position | p. 275 |
| Of the happy life Oliver began to lead with his kind friends | p. 287 |
| Wherein the happiness of Oliver and his friends, experiences a sudden check | p. 297 |
| Contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene; and a new adventure which happened to Oliver | p. 307 |
| Containing the unsatisfactory result of Oliver's adventure; and a conversation of some importance between Harry Maylie and Rose | p. 319 |
| Is a very short one, and may appear of no great importance in its place, but it should be read notwithstanding, as a sequel to the last, and a key to one that will follow when its time arrives | p. 327 |
| In which the reader may perceive a contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases | p. 331 |
| Containing an account of what passed between Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, and Mr. Monks, at their nocturnal interview | p. 343 |
| Introduces some respectable characters with whom the reader is already acquainted, and shows how Monks and the Jew laid their worthy heads together | p. 355 |
| A strange interview, which is a sequel to the last chapter | p. 371 |
| Containing fresh discoveries, and showing that surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone | p. 379 |
| An old acquaintance of Oliver's, exhibiting decided marks of genius, becomes a public character in the metropolis | p. 391 |
| Wherein is shown how the Artful Dodger got into trouble | p. 403 |
| The time arrives for Nancy to redeem her pledge to Rose Maylie. She fails | p. 415 |
| Noah Claypole is employed by Fagin on a secret mission | p. 423 |
| The Appointment kept | p. 427 |
| Fatal Consequences | p. 439 |
| The Flight of Sikes | p. 447 |
| Monks and Mr. Brownlow at length meet. Their conversation, and the intelligence that interrupts it | p. 457 |
| The Pursuit and Escape | p. 469 |
| Affording an explanation of more mysteries than one, and comprehending a proposal of marriage with no word of settlement or pin-money | p. 483 |
| Fagin's last night alive | p. 497 |
| And Last | p. 507 |
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