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The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
First Published
2006
Subjects
Fiction
Girls
Gamblers
Grandfathers
Antique dealers
Grandparent and child
Loss (Psychology)
Gambling
Social life and customs
Translations into Russian
Classic Literature
Literature
General
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, historical
England, fiction
Antique dealers, fiction
Grandparents, fiction
History
Manners and customs
Old curiosity shop (Dickens, Charles)
Fiction, family life, general
Didactic fiction
Fiction, general
Children's fiction
Great britain, fiction
Social conditions
Fiction, family life
Poor
Grands-parents et enfants
Romans, nouvelles
Antiquaires
Grands-pères
Joueurs (Jeux de hasard)
Filles
Debt
Poverty
Children
Death
England -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Grandparent and child -- Fiction
Antique dealers -- Fiction
Grandfathers -- Fiction
Gamblers -- Fiction
Girls -- Fiction
Fiction, historical, general
Children's stories
Description
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.