All 14 Uses of
wretch
in
Oliver Twist
- 'Oh, you little wretch!' screamed Charlotte: seizing Oliver with her utmost force, which was about equal to that of a moderately strong man in particularly good training.†
Chpt 6
- 'Well, and what if he did, you little ungrateful wretch?' said Mrs. Sowerberry.†
Chpt 7 *
- The wretch!'†
Chpt 14
- 'Young wretch!' said one woman.†
Chpt 15
- Weak with recent illness; stupified by the blows and the suddenness of the attack; terrified by the fierce growling of the dog, and the brutality of the man; overpowered by the conviction of the bystanders that he really was the hardened little wretch he was described to be; what could one poor child do!†
Chpt 15
- Isn't that enough for the old wretch, without blows?'†
Chpt 16
- 'It is my living; and the cold, wet, dirty streets are my home; and you're the wretch that drove me to them long ago, and that'll keep me there, day and night, day and night, till I die!'†
Chpt 16
- Why, you little wretch—'†
Chpt 17
- 'I never see such a hardened little wretch!'†
Chpt 17
- Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire and thank God they were at home; and for the homeless, starving wretch to lay him down and die.†
Chpt 23
- 'Oh no, indeed, sir,' replied Oliver, shuddering at the very recollection of the old wretch's countenance; 'I saw him too plainly for that.†
Chpt 35
- 'Was there no one by?' asked Monks, in the same hollow whisper; 'No sick wretch or idiot in some other bed?†
Chpt 38
- Isn't there anybody here,' she said, looking round, 'that will see a simple message carried for a poor wretch like me?'†
Chpt 39
- Still the current poured on to find some nook or hole from which to vent their shouts, and only for an instant see the wretch.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
-
(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character