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    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

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    by Charles Dickens


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      ISBN-13: 9781448128419
    • Publisher: Random House
    • Publication date: 12/31/2011
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 720
    • File size: 8 MB

    Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of England's greatest writers. Best known for his classic serialized novels, such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, Dickens wrote about the London he lived in, the conditions of the poor, and the growing tensions between the classes. He achieved critical and popular international success in his lifetime and was honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.

    Brief Biography

    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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    The Old Curiosity Shop

    Table of Contents



    A Dickens Chronology

    vii



    Introduction

    xi



    Further reading

    xxix



    A Note on the Text

    xxxi



    The Old Curiosity Shop

    1



    Notes

    557


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    Wildly popular at the time of its publication, The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Little Nell Trent, a young orphan who lives with her grandfather in his London curiosity shop until a turn of fortune forces them onto the street and into the English countryside to beg for food and shelter. Pursued by Dick Swiveller and Quilp, Nell and her grandfather find refuge in a remote village, but at considerable cost to Nell’s health.

    The Old Curiosity Shop was originally published as a serial in 1841, generating unprecedented excitement around the fate of Nell and her grandfather. The Old Curiosity Shop has been adapted for film, television and the stage.

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    EBOOK COMMENTARY
    Gr 7-12-Dickens story of contrasts: youth and old age, beauty and deformity, freedom and restraint.
    Library Journal
    Naxos adds to its collection of some 20 abridged and unabridged Dickens recordings this novel following the lives of orphan Nell Trent and her loving grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Though wildly popular when first published in the early 1840s, this is not among Dickens's best works—it is short on truly memorable characters and flawed by sloppy blending of its complex story lines. Still, narrator Anton Lesser's (Great Expectations) strong performance helps to compensate for these weaknesses. Curiosity Shop is not good as an introduction to the author, but those familiar with his oeuvre will appreciate the added value Lesser's evocative narration brings to the audio edition of this work. [An abridged alternate recording of this title, read by Paul Scofield, is available from Phoenix Audio.—Ed.]—R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA
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