The Old Curiosity Shop - Softcover
The archetypal Victorian melodrama, as heartfelt and moving today as when it was first published, Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop. Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world in which there seems to be no safe haven. Dickens's portrayal of the innocent, tragic Nell made The Old Curiosity Shop an instant bestseller that captured the hearts of the nation, even as it was criticised for its sentimentality by figures such as Oscar Wilde. Yet alongside the story's pathos are some of Dickens's greatest comic and grotesque creations: the ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful, loathsome Quilp himself. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions. Includes vintage illustration!
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"The books are handsomely made, with sewn bindings and leather spines . . . they re worth the price if only for the crisply reprinted illustrations."
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"The books--modeled after 1937's Nonesuch Dickens collection-don't look too shabby on shelves."
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"The books are handsomely made, with sewn bindings and leather spines . . . they?re worth the price if only for the crisply reprinted illustrations."
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- PublisherMandarin
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0749307544
- ISBN 13 9780749307547
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages672
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