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Events on Wednesday 1 February 1837 1
1837Oliver Twist begins serializationCharles Dickens begins publishing Oliver Twist in monthly installmentsCharles Dickens began serializing Oliver Twist in Bentley's Miscellany, a novel exposing the harsh treatment of orphans and the criminal underworld of London. It became one of the most enduring works of Victorian literature.