Physical description

The Old Curiosity Shop
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd
Date: Gadshill Edition (1897-1899)

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT FIC DIC
Paste down front end paper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute.
Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.

Summary

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.
The Old Curiosity Shop is about Nell Trent, a young girl, and her grandfather, who live in a London curiosity shop. After her grandfather’s gambling and debts bring danger from the moneylender Daniel Quilp, they flee and travel through hardship, poverty, and misfortune, the novel is best known for its emotional portrayal of Nell.
It was written and published in serial form in “Master Humphrey’s Clock” magazine from 1840 to 1841, then issued as a book in 1841. The subject book published by the Oxford University Press. The subject book in hardback edition was published on 13th November 1997 by the same publisher.