Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens's bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, by now seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth.

Dickens's portrayal of the innocent Nell made The Old Curiosity Shop an instant bestseller that captured the hearts of the world, even as critics such as Oscar Wilde criticized it for its sentimentality.

Nell Trent lives in the gloom of an old curiosity shop with her ailing gr...