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The archetypal Victorian melodrama, as heartfelt and moving today as when it was first published, Charles Dickens's *The Old Curiosity Shop* is edited with notes and an introduction by Norman Page in Penguin Classics.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.This edition, based on the original text of 1841, contains an introduction by Norman Page discussing the various contrasting themes of the novel and its roots i

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Author

Dickens, Charles

Publisher

Penguin Books; Penguin Classics

Published

1841

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140437423

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Poetry

Rating

3.75 / 5 (11,395 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14