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Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that respect. As a result he has become the leader of the gang of child criminals, trained by the elderly Fagin. He becomes Oliver's closest friend (although he betrays him when Oliver is mistakenly caught) and he tries to make him a pickpocket, but soon realizes that Oliver won't, and feels sorry for him, saying "What a pity ain't a prig!" He also has a close relationship with Charley Bates. Ultimately the Dodger is caught with a stolen silver snuff box and presumably sent to a penal colony in Australia (only alluded to in the novel). The Dodger chooses to consider himself a "victim of society," roaring in the courtroom "I am an Englishman; where are my rights?" The judge has little patience with the Dodger's posturing, and orders him out of the courtroom immediately after the jury convicts him of the theft. Dickens describes him this way:
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Ministry of Sound Presents: Garage Classics [2004]
| Song | Duration |
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| Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) | 1:57 |
50 Years of the Greatest Hit Singles Platinum Collection [2003]
| Song | Duration |
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| Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) | 4:01 |
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| Song | Duration |
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| Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) | 4:01 |
| Woman Trouble | 5:30 |
| It Ain't Enough | 3:07 |
| Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) | 4:01 |
| Woman Trouble | 5:30 |
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