Treats of the place where Oiver Twist was born; and of the circumstances attending his birth -- Treats of Oliver Twist's growth, education, and board -- Relates how Oliver Twist was very near getting a place, which would not have been a sinecure -- Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life -- Oliver mingles with new associates. Going to a funeral for the first time, he forms an unfavourable notion of his master's business