Oliver Twist Chapter Notes Chapter I: TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH Oliver Twist had an unusual upbringing and was born in a workhouse When he was first born, he had trouble breathing Mother Died during childbirth Found on the streets by the workhouse overseer Oliver is a parish child and orphan of the workhouse Chapter II: TREATS OF OLIVER?S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD Oliver should be ?farmed? to a branch workhouse Basically juvenile detention hall and elderly woman would take care of him Elderly lady (Mrs. Mann) is an experimental philosopher Not very safe Mr. Bumble Fat, choleric, beadle (a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution) Named Oliver Twist