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The old curiosity shop, edited by Angus Easson, with an introduction by Malcolm Andrews and original illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablôt K. Browne (Phiz)

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The old curiosity shop, edited by Angus Easson, with an introduction by Malcolm Andrews and original illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablôt K. Browne (Phiz)

Language

eng

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facsimilesillustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The old curiosity shop

Responsibility statement

edited by Angus Easson, with an introduction by Malcolm Andrews and original illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablôt K. Browne (Phiz)

Series statement

Penguin English library, EL75

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

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