Oliver Twist — Chapter 1 [with short sentences!] 😊
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Des joyeusetés de l'endroit où Oliver Twist est né et des circonstances de sa naissance.

Parmi d'autres édifices publics dans une certaine ville, que pour de nombreuses raisons, il sera prudent de ne pas mentionner, [...].

et auquel je n'attribuerai aucun nom fictif, il y en a une ancienne commune à la plupart des villes, grandes ou petites : à savoir, un hospice de pauvre ; [...].

et dans cet lieu naquit ; à une jour ; à une jour et à une date que je n'ai pas besoin de me répéter, [...].

dans la mesure où cela ne peut avoir aucune conséquence pour le lecteur, à ce stade de l'affaire en tout cas ; [...].

l'entité mortelle dont le nom figure en tête de ce chapitre.

Longtemps après avoir été introduit dans ce monde de tristesse et de trouble, par le chirurgien de la paroisse, [...].

il est resté une question de doute considérable si l'enfant survivrait à porter un nom du tout ; [...]

dans ce cas, il est un peu plus que probable que ces mémoires n'auraient jamais paru ; [...].

ou, s'ils l'avaient fait, cela étant compris dans quelques pages, [...].

ils auraient possédé le mérite inestimable d'être le spécimen le plus concis et le plus fidèle de la biographie, [...].

existant dans la littérature de tout âge ou pays.

Bien que je ne suis pas disposé à maintenir que l'être né dans un hospice de pauvre, [...].

est en soi la circonstance la plus chanceuse et la plus enviable qui puisse arriver à un être humain, [...].

Je veux dire que dans ce cas particulier, c'était la meilleure chose pour Oliver Twist qui aurait pu se produire.

Le fait est qu'il y avait une difficulté considérable à amener Olivier à assumer la fonction de respiration, [...].

pratique pénible, mais que l'usage a rendue nécessaire à notre existence facile ; [...]

et, pendant quelque temps, il restait à bout de souffle sur un petit matelas de troupeau, plutôt inégal entre ce monde et l'autre : [...].

le solde étant décidément en faveur de ce dernier.

Maintenant, si, au cours de cette brève période, Oliver avait été entouré de grands-mères prudentes, [...].

des tantes anxieuses, des infirmières expérimentées et des docteurs de la sagesse profonde, [...].

il aurait inévitablement et indubitablement été tué en un rien de temps.

Cependant il n'y avait personne que par une vieille femme pauvre, qui était rendue plutôt brumeuse par une bonne bière ; [...]

et un chirurgien paroissial qui a fait de telles choses par contrat ; Oliver et la Nature se sont battus pour la victoire.

Le résultat fut que, après quelques luttes, Oliver respira, éternua, [...].

et a procédé à annoncer aux détenus de l'hospice de pauvre le fait d'un nouveau fardeau ayant été imposé à la paroisse, [...].

donnant le cri que pouvait raisonnablement attendre d'un enfant de sexe masculin [...].

qui n'avait pas eu cet appendice très utile, [...].

une voix, pour un espace de temps beaucoup plus long que trois minutes et quart.

Comme Oliver a donné cette première preuve de l'action libre et appropriée de ses poumons, [...].

la couverture de patchwork qui était négligemment jetée au-dessus du lit de fer, bruissait ; [...]

le visage pâle d'une jeune femme était soulevé faiblement de l'oreiller ; [...]

et une voix faible articulait imparfaitement les mots : 'Laissez-moi voir l'enfant et mourir.' […].

Le chirurgien était assis le visage tourné vers la cheminée : [...].

en chauffant les paumes des mains avec la chaleur et les frottant alternativement.

Alors que la jeune femme parlait, il se leva et, s'avançant vers la tête du lit, dit : [...].

avec plus de gentillesse que l'on aurait pu attendre de lui : 'Oh, tu ne dois pas encore parler de mourir.' […]. Erreur de marin de premier voyage ! 😁

— Que Dieu bénisse son cher cœur, non ! interposa l'infirmière, déposant à la hâte dans sa poche une bouteille de verre vert, [...].

le contenu dont elle avait goûté dans un coin avec une satisfaction évidente.

— Que le Seigneur bénisse son précieux cœur, car elle a vécu aussi longtemps que moi.

monsieur, et avait treize enfants à elle, et tous étaient morts sauf deux, [...].

et eux dans les wurkus avec moi, elle saura mieux que de prendre de cette façon, bénissez son cher coeur ! […].

Think what it is to be a mother, there's a dear young lamb do.' […].

Apparently this consolatory perspective of a mother's prospects failed in producing its due effect.

The patient shook her head, and stretched out her hand towards the child.

The surgeon deposited it in her arms.

She imprinted her cold white lips passionately on its forehead; […].

passed her hands over her face; gazed wildly round; shuddered; fell back—and died.

They chafed her breast, hands, and temples; but the blood had stopped forever.

They talked of hope and comfort.

They had been strangers too long.

'It's all over, Mrs.

Thingummy!' said the surgeon at last.

'Ah, poor dear, so it is!' said the nurse, picking up the cork of the green bottle, […].

which had fallen out on the pillow, as she stooped to take up the child.

'Poor dear!' 'You needn't mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,' […].

said the surgeon, putting on his gloves with great deliberation.

'It's very likely it will be troublesome.

Give it a little gruel if it is.' […].

He put on his hat, and, pausing by the bed-side on his way to the door, added, […].

'She was a good-looking girl, too; where did she come from?' […].

'She was brought here last night,' replied the old woman, 'by the overseer's order.

She was found lying in the street.

She had walked some distance, for her shoes were worn to pieces; […].

but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows.'

The surgeon leaned over the body, and raised the left hand.

'The old story,' he said, shaking his head: 'no wedding-ring, I see.

Ah! Good-night!' The medical gentleman walked away to dinner; […].

and the nurse, having once more applied herself to the green bottle, […].

sat down on a low chair before the fire, and proceeded to dress the infant.

What an excellent example of the power of dress, young Oliver Twist was! […].

Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, […].

he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar; […].

it would have been hard for the haughtiest stranger to have assigned him his proper station in society.

But now that he was enveloped in the old calico robes which had grown yellow in the same service, […].

he was badged and ticketed, and fell into his place at once—a parish child—the orphan of a workhouse—the humble, […].

half-starved drudge—to be cuffed and buffeted through the world—despised by all, and pitied by none.

Oliver cried lustily.

If he could have known that he was an orphan, […].

left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder.
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Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born and of the circumstances attending his birth.
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and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, […].
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the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter.
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or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, […].
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extant in the literature of any age or country.
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Although I am not disposed to maintain that the being born in a workhouse, […].
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a troublesome practice, but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; […].
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the balance being decidedly in favour of the latter.
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Now, if, during this brief period, Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers, […].
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anxious aunts, experienced nurses, and doctors of profound wisdom, […].
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he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no time.
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The result was, that, after a few struggles, Oliver breathed, sneezed, […].
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by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant […].
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who had not been possessed of that very useful appendage, […].
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a voice, for a much longer space of time than three minutes and a quarter.
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As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, […].
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the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; […].
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the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; […].
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and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, 'Let me see the child, and die.'
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[…].
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The surgeon had been sitting with his face turned towards the fire: […].
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giving the palms of his hands a warm and a rub alternately.
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As the young woman spoke, he rose, and advancing to the bed's head, said, […].
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with more kindness than might have been expected of him: 'Oh, you must not talk about dying yet.'
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[…].
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'Lor bless her dear heart, no!'
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interposed the nurse, hastily depositing in her pocket a green glass bottle, […].
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the contents of which she had been tasting in a corner with evident satisfaction.
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'Lor bless her dear heart, when she has lived as long as I have, […].
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sir, and had thirteen children of her own, and all on 'em dead except two, […].
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[…].
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Think what it is to be a mother, there's a dear young lamb do.'
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[…].
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The surgeon deposited it in her arms.
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She imprinted her cold white lips passionately on its forehead; […].
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They talked of hope and comfort.
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They had been strangers too long.
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'It's all over, Mrs.
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Thingummy!'
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said the surgeon at last.
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'Ah, poor dear, so it is!'
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said the nurse, picking up the cork of the green bottle, […].
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which had fallen out on the pillow, as she stooped to take up the child.
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'Poor dear!'
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'You needn't mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,' […].
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said the surgeon, putting on his gloves with great deliberation.
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'It's very likely it will be troublesome.
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Give it a little gruel if it is.'
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[…].
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'She was a good-looking girl, too; where did she come from?'
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[…].
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She was found lying in the street.
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She had walked some distance, for her shoes were worn to pieces; […].
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but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows.'
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The surgeon leaned over the body, and raised the left hand.
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'The old story,' he said, shaking his head: 'no wedding-ring, I see.
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Ah!
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Good-night!'
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The medical gentleman walked away to dinner; […].
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What an excellent example of the power of dress, young Oliver Twist was!
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[…].
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he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar; […].
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Oliver cried lustily.
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If he could have known that he was an orphan, […].
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Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born and of the circumstances attending his birth.

Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, […].

and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; […].

and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, […].

inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events; […].

the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter.

For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, […].

it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; […].

in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; […].

or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, […].

they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, […].

extant in the literature of any age or country.

Although I am not disposed to maintain that the being born in a workhouse, […].

is in itself the most fortunate and enviable circumstance that can possibly befall a human being, […].

I do mean to say that in this particular instance, it was the best thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility have occurred.

The fact is, that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration, […].

a troublesome practice, but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; […].

and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress, rather unequally poised between this world and the next: […].

the balance being decidedly in favour of the latter.

Now, if, during this brief period, Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers, […].

anxious aunts, experienced nurses, and doctors of profound wisdom, […].

he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no time.

There being nobody by, however, but a pauper old woman, who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; […].

and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them.

The result was, that, after a few struggles, Oliver breathed, sneezed, […].

and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish, […].

by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant […].

who had not been possessed of that very useful appendage, […].

a voice, for a much longer space of time than three minutes and a quarter.

As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, […].

the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; […].

the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; […].

and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, 'Let me see the child, and die.' […].

The surgeon had been sitting with his face turned towards the fire: […].

giving the palms of his hands a warm and a rub alternately.

As the young woman spoke, he rose, and advancing to the bed's head, said, […].

with more kindness than might have been expected of him: 'Oh, you must not talk about dying yet.' […].

'Lor bless her dear heart, no!' interposed the nurse, hastily depositing in her pocket a green glass bottle, […].

the contents of which she had been tasting in a corner with evident satisfaction.

'Lor bless her dear heart, when she has lived as long as I have, […].

sir, and had thirteen children of her own, and all on 'em dead except two, […].

and them in the wurkus with me, she'll know better than to take on in that way, bless her dear heart! […].

Think what it is to be a mother, there's a dear young lamb do.' […].

Apparently this consolatory perspective of a mother's prospects failed in producing its due effect.

The patient shook her head, and stretched out her hand towards the child.

The surgeon deposited it in her arms.

She imprinted her cold white lips passionately on its forehead; […].

passed her hands over her face; gazed wildly round; shuddered; fell back—and died.

They chafed her breast, hands, and temples; but the blood had stopped forever.

They talked of hope and comfort.

They had been strangers too long.

'It's all over, Mrs.

Thingummy!' said the surgeon at last.

'Ah, poor dear, so it is!' said the nurse, picking up the cork of the green bottle, […].

which had fallen out on the pillow, as she stooped to take up the child.

'Poor dear!' 'You needn't mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,' […].

said the surgeon, putting on his gloves with great deliberation.

'It's very likely it will be troublesome.

Give it a little gruel if it is.' […].

He put on his hat, and, pausing by the bed-side on his way to the door, added, […].

'She was a good-looking girl, too; where did she come from?' […].

'She was brought here last night,' replied the old woman, 'by the overseer's order.

She was found lying in the street.

She had walked some distance, for her shoes were worn to pieces; […].

but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows.'

The surgeon leaned over the body, and raised the left hand.

'The old story,' he said, shaking his head: 'no wedding-ring, I see.

Ah! Good-night!' The medical gentleman walked away to dinner; […].

and the nurse, having once more applied herself to the green bottle, […].

sat down on a low chair before the fire, and proceeded to dress the infant.

What an excellent example of the power of dress, young Oliver Twist was! […].

Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, […].

he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar; […].

it would have been hard for the haughtiest stranger to have assigned him his proper station in society.

But now that he was enveloped in the old calico robes which had grown yellow in the same service, […].

he was badged and ticketed, and fell into his place at once—a parish child—the orphan of a workhouse—the humble, […].

half-starved drudge—to be cuffed and buffeted through the world—despised by all, and pitied by none.

Oliver cried lustily.

If he could have known that he was an orphan, […].

left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder.