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The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens author Samuel Williams illustrator George Cattermole illustrator Daniel Maclise illustrator Hablot K Browne illustrator Norman Page editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:25th Jan '01

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The Old Curiosity Shop cover

'His characters are marvellous, his insights wonderful ... You don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better' Ruth Rendell

The Old Curiosity Shop was an instant bestseller that, even while it was criticized for its sentimentality, captured the hearts of the nation with its portrayal of little Nell Trent, who is thrown into a terrifying world when her beloved grandfather is unable to pay his debts to the loathsome Quilp. Alongside the pathos of the innocent, tragic Nell are some of Dickens's greatest characters: the ne'er-do'well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful Quilp himself, a creation of demonic power and cruelty.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Page

ISBN: 9780140437423

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm

Weight: 417g

608 pages