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The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale Paperback - 2001
by Charles Dickens; Norman Page (Editor)
About this book
The Old Curiosity Shop, what would become Charles Dickens’
fourth novel, was first published in 88 weekly installments in Dickens’ serial,
Master Humphrey’s Clock, from April 1840 to February 1841. In a tale that
survives the transcendence of time, The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of
thirteen-year-old Nell Trent and her grandfather who live in The Old Curiosity
Shop, a small antique and gift store. The unnamed grandfather, desperate to
leave Nell in good financial standing after his death, loses The Old Curiosity
Shop to a gambling problem, forcing him and young Nell to wander the
countryside.
Summary
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness"; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law; and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity.
From the rear cover
The story of 'Little Nell' gripped the nation when it first appeared. Described as a 'tragedy of sorrows', it tells of Nell uprooted from a secure and innocent childhood and cast into a world where evil takes many shapes, the most fascinating of which is the stunted, lecherous Quilp. He is Nell's tormenter and destroyer, and it is his demonic energy that dominates the book.
First Edition Identification
The Old Curiosity Shop was first published in book form by Chapman & Hall in London in 1841.
Details
- Title The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale
- Author Charles Dickens; Norman Page (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 608
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York, New York
- Date 2001-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140437423 / 0140437428
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.52 x 1.09 in (19.51 x 14.02 x 2.77 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 820
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Themes
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001271862
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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