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Oliver Twist at Mrs. Maylie's door
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Oliver Twist at Mrs. Maylie's door

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 · April 1, 1838

CC0 — Public Domain
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Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. After the botched robbery, Sikes and his housebreaking crew abandon the apparently lifeless Oliver in a ditch, but the boy recovers consciousness and struggles back to the Maylies' doorstep.

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