The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens is a new edition published by Wordsworth Editions in 1995, featuring 471 pages in English. This novel, originally serialized between 1840 and 1841, intertwines elements of the sentimental and the grotesque, presenting a narrative that explores themes of pursuit and courage. The story contrasts the downtrodden and the plucky against malevolent forces, capturing the essence of Dickens’ social concerns.
Readers will encounter the beloved character Little Nell, whose fate captivated audiences during the novel’s serialization, prompting many letters to Dickens from concerned fans. The edition includes an introduction and notes by Peter Preston from the University of Nottingham, along with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne and George Cruickshank. This work remains a significant piece within the realms of fiction and literary classics, reflecting the enduring appeal of Dickens’ storytelling.
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With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) and George Cruickshank.
The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41), with its combination of the sentimental, the grotesque and the socially concerned, and its story of pursuit and courage, which sets the downtrodden and the plucky against the malevolent and the villainous, was an immediate popular success.
Little Nell quickly became one of Dickens’ most celebrated characters, who so captured the imagination of his readers that while the novel was being serialised, many of them wrote to him about her fate.
Dickens was conscious of the ‘many friends’ the novel had won for him, and ‘the many hearts it turned to me when they were full of private sorrow’, and it remains one of the most familiar and well-loved of his works.
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