The stern taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, punishes Oliver Twist after he dares to ask for a second dish of gruel, and Oliver is hired out as an apprentice as a result of his actions. Escape from that bleak destiny brings young Oliver into contact with the Artful Dodger, an unruly street urchin who later becomes Fagin's mentor in the criminal underworld. Fagin's villainous henchman Bill Sikes schemes to kidnap Oliver after he is taken in by the benevolent Mr. Brownlow.
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The stern taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, punishes Oliver Twist after he dares to ask for a second dish of gruel, and Oliver is hired out as an apprentice as a result of his actions. Escape from that bleak destiny brings young Oliver into contact with the Artful Dodger, an unruly street urchin who later becomes Fagin's mentor in the criminal underworld. Fagin's villainous henchman Bill Sikes schemes to kidnap Oliver after he is taken in by the benevolent Mr. Brownlow.
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