All 3 Uses of
sequel
in
Oliver Twist
- As I purpose to show in the sequel whether the white waistcoated gentleman was right or not, I should perhaps mar the interest of this narrative (supposing it to possess any at all), if I ventured to hint just yet, whether the life of Oliver Twist had this violent termination or no.†
Chpt 2 *
- CHAPTER XXXVI: IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS TIME ARRIVES†
Chpt 36
- CHAPTER XL: A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER†
Chpt 40
Definitions:
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(1)
(sequel) something that follows and continues something else -- especially a film or book
or more rarely: something that follows as a result of something else -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, sequel can reference anything that follows something else. For example, "She had such a good year, I'm wondering what she will do as a sequel."