The Old Curiosity Shop
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the fog-laden streets of Victorian London, a young girl named Little Nell and her grandfather struggle to survive under the shadow of the monstrous moneylender Quilp, whose obsessive pursuit of their debt drives them from their beloved shop into a desperate journey across England. The Old Curiosity Shop is a sweeping melodrama of innocence besieged by corruption, poverty, and the relentless cruelty of those who profit from the misfortune of others. Dickens chronicles the pair's flight with aching tenderness, populating their path with a rich tapestry of characters — from the kind-hearted to the grotesque — that together paint an unflinching portrait of Victorian society's extremes. One of Dickens' most emotionally charged works, the novel cemented his reputation as a master of pathos and social critique, famously reducing readers — and reportedly even Edgar Allan Poe — to tears upon its original serialised publication in 1840–41. His prose moves with the urgency of a thriller and the warmth of a fable, never allowing the reader to forget the stakes of Nell's fragile existence. This edition, tied to the acclaimed BBC television adaptation, brings renewed life to a story that continues to ask a question as relevant today as it was in Dickens' time: what is the true cost of human greed?
Author: Charles Dickens
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the fog-laden streets of Victorian London, a young girl named Little Nell and her grandfather struggle to survive under the shadow of the monstrous moneylender Quilp, whose obsessive pursuit of their debt drives them from their beloved shop into a desperate journey across England. The Old Curiosity Shop is a sweeping melodrama of innocence besieged by corruption, poverty, and the relentless cruelty of those who profit from the misfortune of others. Dickens chronicles the pair's flight with aching tenderness, populating their path with a rich tapestry of characters — from the kind-hearted to the grotesque — that together paint an unflinching portrait of Victorian society's extremes. One of Dickens' most emotionally charged works, the novel cemented his reputation as a master of pathos and social critique, famously reducing readers — and reportedly even Edgar Allan Poe — to tears upon its original serialised publication in 1840–41. His prose moves with the urgency of a thriller and the warmth of a fable, never allowing the reader to forget the stakes of Nell's fragile existence. This edition, tied to the acclaimed BBC television adaptation, brings renewed life to a story that continues to ask a question as relevant today as it was in Dickens' time: what is the true cost of human greed?