Class, Identity, and Inheritance

From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Oliver's gentility seems innate--his refined speech and manners survive squalor--reflecting Dickens's complicated belief that virtue and class are mysteriously linked through blood.
Chapter 12

Brownlow notices Oliver's resemblance to the portrait of his mother, hinting at his secret birth.

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Chapter 53

Oliver's restoration to his rightful inheritance and adoption by Brownlow.

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