| The Old Curiosity Shop: Illustrated Edition Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 8026892178 ISBN-13: 9788026892175 Publisher: E-Artnow OUR PRICE: $23.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.14 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". An orphan, she lives with her grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty, 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. 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. |