| Monks | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Oliver_Twist_-_Samh%C3%A4llsroman_-_Sida_179.jpg) Monks (left) depicted by James Mahoney | |
| Portrayed by | Carl Stockdale (1922 film) Ralph Truman (1948 film) John Carson (1962 TV serial) Oliver Cotton (1982 TV film) Pip Donaghy (1985 TV serial) Marc Warren (1999 miniseries) Julian Rhind-Tutt (2007 miniseries) Ezekiel Simat (2023 TV series) |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Edward Leeford |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Criminal |
| Family | Edwin Leeford (father, deceased) Mrs Leeford (mother, deceased) Oliver Twist (half-brother) |
| Nationality | English |
Edward "Monks" Leeford is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists (alongside Bill Sikes) in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.[1] He is actually the criminally-inclined half-brother of Oliver Twist, but he hides his identity. Monks' parents separated when he was a child, and his father had a relationship with a young woman, Agnes Fleming. This resulted in Agnes' pregnancy. She died in childbirth after giving birth to the baby that would be named Oliver Twist.
- ^ Robbins, Ruth; Wolfreys, Julian (6 December 1995). Victorian Identities: Social and Cultural Formations in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 9781349243495 – via Google Books.