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Charles Dickens's novels criticized systemic problems and society. The novel Oliver Twist exposed the awful treatment of orphans in London during the mid-1800s. This passage explores the character Mr. Gamfield, a cruel chimney cleaner who takes an interest in Oliver Twist for his own greedy purposes.