Old Curiosity Shop

Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens
Old Curiosity Shop

Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens

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Overview

The emotional tale of Little Nell and her doting grandfather was an immediate popular success in 1840-41. Played out against the backdrop of a cold and brutal London, the twosome abandon their home to escape debt and roam the countryside as beggars. Relentlessly pursued by a malicious moneylender and encountering ne'er-do-wells, con artists, and the persevering poor, they also find goodness and generosity, love and loyalty. Dickens' proficiency in creating richly diverse characters is evident in this tale that brims with pathos and villainy.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940011940774
Publisher: Baxter St.
Publication date: 10/01/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Charles John Huffam Dickens, (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner.

The popularity of Dickens’s novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens’s novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor “cliffhanger” after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington
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