<P> Oliver Twist is the title character and protagonist of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens . He was the first child protagonist in an English novel . </P> <P> Based in the 1820s, the orphan, young Oliver is born in a parish workhouse in an unnamed town . His unmarried mother dies during labour. Old Sally, who was present at the birth, takes from the dying woman a locket and ring . Mr Bumble, the Beadle, names the boy Oliver Twist . Oliver is sent to an orphanage, run by Mrs. Mann, until he is nine years old, when he is returned to the workhouse . </P> <P> The orphans at the workhouse are starving because of their cruel treatment . They cast lots to decide who will ask for more gruel for them all, and Oliver is chosen . At evening supper, once the gruel is dished out and eaten, Oliver goes to the master and makes his famous request, "Please Sir . I want some more". He is then branded a troublemaker and offered as an apprentice to anyone willing to take him, and he is eventually apprenticed to Sowerberry, the undertaker . Oliver fights with Noah Claypole, an older boy at the undertakers, because Noah mocked Oliver's dead mother . Oliver is then beaten for the offence, but he manages to escape and runs away to London . </P> <P> In London, Oliver meets Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger, who offers him a place to stay, where he meets up with Fagin and his band of young thieves . Oliver innocently goes "to work" with Dawkins and Charley Bates, but sees the real nature of their "work" when Dawkins picks the pocket of a gentleman . When the gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, realises he is being robbed, Oliver is mistaken for the pickpocket . And he is then chased, captured, and taken to the police . Oliver, who was injured in the chase, is cleared by a witness to the crime and is taken in by Brownlow to his home where he is well treated . After recovering from his injuries, Oliver is sent on an errand by Brownlow to pay a local merchant £ 5 and to return some books . However, Oliver is caught by Nancy and Bill Sikes, who pretend to be his siblings, and is returned to Fagin's den . However, Nancy later betrays Fagin and Sikes, as well as herself, for doing so since they've stolen Oliver's chance to have a better life . </P>

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