![Oliver Asking for More" — initial illustration for "Oliver Twist" by George Cruikshank (February 1837) Oliver Asking for More" — initial illustration for "Oliver Twist" by George Cruikshank (February 1837)](https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/cruikshank/ot2b.jpg)
Oliver Asking for More" — initial illustration for "Oliver Twist" by George Cruikshank (February 1837)
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In “Oliver!” (1968), the desperation of the orphans' hunger is demonstrated in this scene where Oliver Twist asks for a second serving of British food, which is something that no one would
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A Beadle! A parish beadle, or I'll eat my head." — James Mahoney's eighth illustration for Dickens's "Adventures of Oliver Twist"
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London Fog oatmeal. Actually really delicious, just looks like gruel from Oliver Twist...does gray count towards eat a rainbow a day? : r/ShittyVeganFoodPorn
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