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The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Old Curiosity Shop Paperback - 2013

by Charles Dickens


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.

From the publisher

Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel following the life of Nell Trent an orphan, who lives with her grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop, whom she is teaching to write. Obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty as her parents did, her grandfather attempts to make Nell a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp and in the end, gambles away what little money they have. Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather.

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
  • Author Charles Dickens
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 362
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bottom of the Hill Publishing
  • Date 2013-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781483703268 / 1483703266
  • Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.75 in (23.50 x 19.05 x 1.91 cm)
  • Reading level 820
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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