The old curiosity shop : with the original illustrations
(2010)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Neeland Media LLC , 2010
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781596252981 (electronic bk.) MWT11907713, 1596252987 (electronic bk.) 11907713
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
First published as a weekly serial in 1841, "The Old Curiosity Shop" is a novel that details the life of a young orphaned girl named Nell Trent. She lives with her loving grandfather in his London curiosity shop, until a gamble for wealth forces them to leave for the English countryside, penniless. After their departure, they are sought by both friends who wish to help them and cruel men with harmful designs. The pair of beggars ultimately experience the extremes of human loyalty and villainy in their state of abject poverty. Although one of his lesser known works, Dickens artfully displays a cast of diverse characters in a tale that captivates readers to its tragic conclusion
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