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made him what he was, i did recongise that but he seemed in the video that bill was in charge, notably that fagin was even scared off him. The video does differ from charles dickins book although they stuck by it welll..hmm Nancy should have been murdered by bill in this, it would have been great to watch. does anyone know if in any other plays or videos whether nancy was murdered by bill?
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The story is about Dicken's opinion of the Poor Laws, which were implimented in 1834. The book was published around 1838, when the Poor Laws were in full swing. How could Oliver be born and come to the age of nine years 25 years before the subject of the Poor Laws, which is what the book is about?
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If it weren't, it would be worth removing it now. I haven't read the text in ages, but barring an explicit reference in the text, we shouldn't be offering up 'facts' that can't be proven, and this does qualify as a request for reference. (I suppose it would be easy to load the text into a word
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I think you mistake me; my point is that the first/early child-protagonist aspect should be explored more thoroughly in the discussion section and, as I don't feel qualified to do so, I was hoping someone else might. However, while we're on the subject, I am astonished that you think this is a
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I'm thinking that whoever wrote this article has the fact of Oliver's birth year wrong. Otherwise, I'm willing to be proven wrong, if the writer of the article can site the source. I've searched the text on-line and have found no references such as 1797.
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Noting that Master Bates, when said aloud sounds like masturbates you could connect this meaning with parts in the text which tell of "Master Bates" always standing around with his hand in his pocket or pants and always with a smile on his face or
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