Chapter 2
The workhouse gruel ration that prompts Oliver's famous request.
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From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Food--gruel withheld, sausages toasted in Fagin's den, the Maylies' hospitality--measures power, cruelty, and belonging throughout the novel.
Chapter 8
Fagin's hot sausages and coffee--the first food Oliver receives in London, freighted with corrupt hospitality.
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