The old curiosity shop
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702000
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADESVILLE | ADULT FICTION | F DICKClassics | Available |
| WEST RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F CLASSIC DICKClassics | Onloan - Due: 18 Apr 2026 |
Review: "For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of seventeen of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, 'the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish.'" "The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters - the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the 'Marchioness'; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law, and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity."--BOOK JACKET.
Main title:
The old curiosity shop / edited with an introduction and notes by Norman Page ; with original illustrations by George Cattermole ... [et al.].
Imprint:
London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
Collation:
xxxi, 575 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxx)
ISBN:
0140437428
Dewey class:
823.8
LC class:
PR4566.A2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
142700
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADESVILLE | ADULT FICTION | F DICKClassics | Available |
| WEST RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F CLASSIC DICKClassics | Onloan - Due: 18 Apr 2026 |