The Old Curiosity Shop (Penguin Classics)

Author: Dickens, Charles

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reissue

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 608

Release Date: 01-07-2001

Part Number: 9780140437423

Details: 'His characters are marvellous, his insights wonderful ... You don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better' Ruth Rendell

The Old Curiosity Shop was an instant bestseller that, even while it was criticized for its sentimentality, captured the hearts of the nation with its portrayal of little Nell Trent, who is thrown into a terrifying world when her beloved grandfather is unable to pay his debts to the loathsome Quilp. Alongside the pathos of the innocent, tragic Nell are some of Dickens's greatest characters: the ne'er-do'well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful Quilp himself, a creation of demonic power and cruelty.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Page

EAN: 9780140437423

Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.0 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English