Summary of Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist (Chapter 9 - 12)

Chapter 9: A Plain Gold Ring

Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Coney had been married for two months and they just had a fight. Mr. Bumble was tired of it and he decided to go out to a public house. A stranger who was Monk in pub recognized Mr. Bumble and asked him about a woman who took care of Oliver’s mother. Mr. Bumble answered that Old Sally was already died. Monk asked him to bring his wife to tell him everything and Monks would pay him more. Mr. Bumble told Monks that Old Sally stole something from Oliver’s mom pocket. Monks showed Mr. Bumble that he held a gold locket which has the name of “Agnes” was engraved on the inside and a date that was a year Oliver was born. Monks left and he said to Mr. Bumble that there would nothing happen after their meeting and they didn’t know each other. Days later, Monks went to see Fagin. While Monks and Fagin were talking, Nancy sneaked and listened at the door. Bill Sikes saw her and asked her to get him a drink. Nancy put something on the glass to make him in a really deep and heavy sleep. She ran away and she went to Miss Maylie. She said to Miss Maylie that she was the one who picked up Oliver moments ago. She told everything that Monks and Fagin were talking about. Monks said that he would watch Oliver for the rest of his life and he proclaimed that Oliver is his brother. Rose Maylie asked Nancy to stay with her but Nancy said that it was too late to run away and she decided to leave. One time, Mr. Brownlow came to the house to see Oliver.

Chapter 10: Fagin’s Plan

Noah Claypole and Charlotte were following Nancy when she was visiting Rose Maylie. Noah asked Charlotte to keep the money they stole from Mr. Sowerberry so if they were caught they can blame Charlotte for it. Fagin was stalking into the room where Noah said that he would be a thief in London. After hearing that, Fagin recruited Noah to join into his crime group. The first job of Noah for Fagin was he had to follow Nancy where she always went on Sunday night before 11.00 PM. Bill Sikes asked Nancy where she would go. He was worried that Nancy found someone better than him. He forced and beat her to make her stay at the house. Then Noah Claypole did what he had been told.

Chapter 11: Nancy’s Fate

Noah was following Nancy and he found out that she met Rose Maylie and Mr. Brownlow. They said to Nancy that they had a plan to capture Fagin ad Monks and they can bring Nancy to get out of all this. They can bring Nancy to another place even another country. Noah told Bill and Fagin what was going on. They were mad, Bill woke up Nancy at the middle of the night. Bill pulled her and beat her so badly. Bill would use a gun to shoot her but he thought that it could draw people’s attention so he struck her with the heavy weapon itself. He killed Nancy afterwards. He was haunted by Nancy’s shadow wherever he walked. One moment, Mr. Brownlow kidnapped Monks and brought him inside his house. He told everything about his true life and his family. He told him that his actual name is Edward Leeford and his father is a friend of Mr. Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow said that Monks’ Father fell in love with a naval officer’s daughter. Monk’s father left England and went to Rome because he had to visit his uncle who died. Mr. Brownlow tried to find out the girl, but suddenly she disappeared. Monks was shocked realizing that Oliver is his step brother. Mr. Brownlow learnt that Monks had destroyed everything about the proof of Oliver’s birth. Mr. Brownlow said that he had a picture of a woman who really looked like Oliver. Seemed Mr. Brownlow wanted to catch Fagin and Bill soon.

Chapter 12: The End of the Story

Tom and Toby were hiding while Tom was talking about Fagin’s arrestment. It was so horrible that Fagin was in bleeding while police brought him and the crowd was yelling at him. Sometimes later, Charley Bates was mad at Bill Sikes because he had killed Nancy and they were rolling on the ground, fighting. Crowd came and Bill Sikes tried to escape with climbing to the roof. One person of the crowd came up and brought a ladder with him so they could catch Bill Sikes. Bill Sikes tried to drop on his body on another side of the roof and escape safely. He used a rope to drop of safely, accidentally a rope that supposed to help him was stuck on his neck and strangled him while he was jumping. Two days after Bill Sikes’s death, in a fine hotel there were together Oliver, Rose, Mrs. Maylie, Mrs.Bedwin, and Dr. Losberne,  Mr. Brownlow and Monks. Oliver was told the secrets of his birth. He realized that Monks is his step brother. Mr. Brownlow told about a letter that His father Edwin Leeford wrote to Agnes Flamming, Oliver’s Mother that he couldn’t marry Agnes right away. The second letter of him is for Monks and Monks’ Mother. It was written with money on it. Edwin gave money for his family both of  Monks’ mother and Agnes and her baby. Monks confessed that he had paid Fagin to lead Oliver into a life of crime. He also admitted that his mother had burned the will and the letter. Finally, he said that he himself had destroyed the ring and the locket that the Bumbles gave him.Because Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Bumble had done something wrong; Mr. Brownlow made them loose their job as a punishment. Oliver just realized that Rose was the younger sibling of his mom. Rose was her true aunt for him but he wouldn’t call her aunt because she’s like a sister for him. Harry told Rose that he would marry her soon. On another place, Fagin was sentenced to death for his crime. Harry and Rose were married and Harry was a pastor in a village church. They had a happy family afterwards. Oliver gave some of his father’s money to Monks but Monks kept doing his dirty work and died in prison.