The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens

Genres: General Fiction

Synopsis

In London, Little Nell lives in The Old Curiosity Shop with her grandfather, who has a weakness for gambling. Hoping to mend his finances, the old man borrows money from Quilp, a moneylender and swindler. After losing that money as well, the grandfather flees to the country with Nell in a desperate attempt to escape the clutches of Quilp, who has designs on Nell and believes that the grandfather is secretly a rich miser. Out of devotion to Nell, Kit Nubbles, the shop' s errand boy, pursues the pair and in the process earning the wrath of Quilp.

Release date: January 5, 1998

Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics

Print pages: 610