![]() Oliver collapses and is taken home by Mr. At the police station, the terrified boy is cleared by the testimony of the bookseller who witnessed the theft. ![]() His companions pick an old gentleman's pocket and flee, and Oliver is arrested for their offense. Instructed in the "art" of picking pockets, Oliver goes out with Charles Bates and the Dodger. Near London, Oliver joins company with John Dawkins, The Artful Dodger, a questionable character who brings the boy to Fagin, the ringleader of a gang of criminals. Consequently, Oliver runs away and heads for London. Noah Claypole, a charity boy working for Oliver's master, goads Oliver to rebellion, for which Oliver is savagely flogged. ![]() After representing his fellow sufferers in an attempt to get more food, Oliver is punished and is apprenticed to Sowerberry, an undertaker. After nine years of mistreatment, the boy is returned to the workhouse for even more abuse. The infant's father is unknown, and the orphan is placed in a private juvenile home. Oliver Twist's mother dies after the birth of her child in a workhouse. ![]()
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