"It was a nice sickly season just at this time. In commercial phrase, coffins were looking up."
— Oliver Twist

January 1, 1970

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Works by Charles DickensVictorian novelsGothic novelsPicaresque novelsPoverty
Original Language: English

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Chapter 6, "Oliver, Being Goaded By The Taunts Of Noah, Rouses Into Action, And Rather Astonishes Him"