# Agnes Fleming — Oliver Twist character guide

> Agnes Fleming in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Agnes, poor young Agnes Fleming

**First appearance:** 0050-li-affording-an-explanation-of-more-mysteries-than-one-and-comprehending-a-proposal-of-marriage-with-no-word-of-settlement-or-pin-money

## Who they are

Oliver's deceased mother, a tragic figure from the past.

## In the story

### [Treats of the Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/i-treats-of-the-place-where-oliver-twist-was-born-and-of-the-circumstances-attending-his-birth)

The young mother who dies after giving birth to Oliver; she is found in the street, without a wedding ring.

### [Treats on a Very Poor Subject. But Is a Short One, and May Be Found of Importance in This History](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/xxiv-treats-on-a-very-poor-subject-but-is-a-short-one-and-may-be-found-of-importance-in-this-history)

The young mother who died in childbirth, referred to as a 'pretty young creetur' and 'poor young mother'.

### [Monks and Mr. Brownlow at Length Meet. Their Conversation, and the Intelligence That Interrupts It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/xlix-monks-and-mr-brownlow-at-length-meet-their-conversation-and-the-intelligence-that-interrupts-it)

Referred to as the poor girl who was the mother of Oliver and the subject of the portrait.

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