Oliver Twist, Chapter 53 summary
Chapter 53 of 53 · 7 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 53, Rose Fleming marries Harry Maylie, Mr. Brownlow adopts Oliver, and their friends gather nearby, establishing a happy community built on affection and care. The account also settles the fortunes of their former enemies and companions, contrasts reform with continued wrongdoing, and closes with remembrance of Agnes.
What happens
- Rose Fleming marries Harry Maylie, and Mrs. Maylie joins their household.
- Oliver agrees to divide the remaining inheritance with Monks, who wastes his share and dies in prison.
- Mr. Brownlow adopts Oliver and moves near the newlyweds; Mr. Losberne also settles nearby.
- Noah Claypole profits through informing, the Bumbles become workhouse paupers, and Charles Bates makes an honest living.
- The narrator describes the happy community’s affection, charity, gratitude, and remembrance of absent friends.
- An empty tomb in the village church bears a memorial to Agnes, whose spirit the narrator imagines visiting.
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The adoption gives Oliver a secure family relationship. Mr. Brownlow also supports his education and brings him close to his friends.
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What becomes of Charles Bates?
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