| The Old Curiosity Shop Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1541089731 ISBN-13: 9781541089730 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6" W x 9" (1.73 lbs) 596 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The novel tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop. Her grandfather attempts to provide Nell with a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He keeps his nocturnal games a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp, a malicious, grotesquely deformed, hunchbacked dwarf moneylender. In the end, he gambles away what little money they have, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather. Her grandfather suffers a breakdown that leaves him bereft of his wits, and Nell takes him away to the Midlands of England, to live as beggars. |