The Old Curiosity Shop

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.

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,  Long Now Manual for Civilization

People: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Places: England,  Black Country (English Midlands),  Great Britain

Times: 19th century