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Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108003570390
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:16464164
Author : Charles Dickens,George 1800-1868 Cattermole,Hablot Knight 1815-1882 Browne
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019650982
This classic novel by Charles Dickens tells the story of Little Nell, a young girl who is forced to flee from her grandfather's shop with her guardian, Mr. Trent. Along the way, they encounter a cast of colorful characters and face many obstacles. The book is a masterpiece of Victorian literature, known for its vivid descriptions, social commentary, and unforgettable characters. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLI:000204370053
Author : Charles Dickens,George Cattermole,Samuel Rogers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533274657
The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. The Old Curiosity Shop was one of two novels which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841, finding it "very interesting and cleverly written."The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen." An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop, whom she is teaching to write. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty as her parents did, her grandfather attempts to provide Nell with a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He keeps his nocturnal games a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp, a malicious, grotesquely deformed, hunchbacked dwarf moneylender. In the end, he gambles away what little money they have, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather. Her grandfather suffers a breakdown that leaves him bereft of his wits, and Nell takes him away to the Midlands of England, to live as beggars. Convinced that the old man has stored up a large and prosperous fortune for Nell, her wastrel older brother, Frederick, convinces the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller to help him track Nell down, so that Swiveller can marry Nell and share her supposed inheritance with Frederick. To this end, they join forces with Quilp, who knows full well that there is no fortune, but sadistically chooses to 'help' them to enjoy the misery it will inflict on all concerned. Quilp begins to try to track Nell down, but the fugitives are not easily discovered. To keep Dick Swiveller under his eye, Quilp arranges for him to be taken as a clerk by Quilp's lawyer, Mr. Brass. At the Brass firm, Dick befriends the mistreated maidservant and nicknames her 'the Marchioness'. Nell, having fallen in with a number of characters, some villainous and some kind, succeeds in leading her grandfather to safety in a far-off village (identified by Dickens as Tong, Shropshire), but this comes at a considerable cost to Nell's health.Meanwhile, Kit, having lost his job at the curiosity shop, has found new employment with the kind Mr and Mrs Garland. Here he is contacted by a mysterious 'single gentleman' who is looking for news of Nell and her grandfather. The 'single gentleman' and Kit's mother go after them unsuccessfully, and encounter Quilp, who is also hunting for the runaways. Quilp forms a grudge against Kit and has him framed as a thief. Kit is sentenced to transportation. However, Dick Swiveller proves Kit's innocence with the help of his friend the Marchioness. Quilp is hunted down and dies trying to escape his pursuers. At the same time, a coincidence leads Mr Garland to knowledge of Nell's whereabouts, and he, Kit, and the single gentleman (who turns out to be the younger brother of Nell's grandfather) go to find her. Sadly, by the time they arrive, Nell has died as a result of her arduous journey. Her grandfather, already mentally infirm, refuses to admit she is dead and sits every day by her grave waiting for her to come back until, a few months later, he dies himself. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 - 18 December 1855) was an English poet.George Cattermole (10 August 1800 - 24 July 1868) was an English painter and illustrator, chiefly in watercolours
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044052770096
Author : Mark Westgarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000050622
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:752592057
Author : Charles Dickens,George Cattermole,Samuel Rogers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541008758
The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. The Old Curiosity Shop was one of two novels which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841, finding it "very interesting and cleverly written."The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop, whom she is teaching to write. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty as her parents did, her grandfather attempts to provide Nell with a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He keeps his nocturnal games a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp, a malicious, grotesquely deformed, hunchbacked dwarf moneylender. In the end, he gambles away what little money they have, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather. Her grandfather suffers a breakdown that leaves him bereft of his wits, and Nell takes him away to the Midlands of England, to live as beggars. Convinced that the old man has stored up a large and prosperous fortune for Nell, her wastrel older brother, Frederick, convinces the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller to help him track Nell down, so that Swiveller can marry Nell and share her supposed inheritance with Frederick. To this end, they join forces with Quilp, who knows full well that there is no fortune, but sadistically chooses to 'help' them to enjoy the misery it will inflict on all concerned. Quilp begins to try to track Nell down, but the fugitives are not easily discovered. To keep Dick Swiveller under his eye, Quilp arranges for him to be taken as a clerk by Quilp's lawyer, Mr. Brass. At the Brass firm, Dick befriends the mistreated maidservant and nicknames her 'the Marchioness'. Nell, having fallen in with a number of characters, some villainous and some kind, succeeds in leading her grandfather to safety in a far-off village (identified by Dickens as Tong, Shropshire), but this comes at a considerable cost to Nell's health.Meanwhile, Kit, having lost his job at the curiosity shop, has found new employment with the kind Mr and Mrs Garland. Here he is contacted by a mysterious 'single gentleman' who is looking for news of Nell and her grandfather. The 'single gentleman' and Kit's mother go after them unsuccessfully, and encounter Quilp, who is also hunting for the runaways. Quilp forms a grudge against Kit and has him framed as a thief. Kit is sentenced to transportation. However, Dick Swiveller proves Kit's innocence with the help of his friend the Marchioness. Quilp is hunted down and dies trying to escape his pursuers. At the same time, a coincidence leads Mr Garland to knowledge of Nell's whereabouts, and he, Kit, and the single gentleman (who turns out to be the younger brother of Nell's grandfather) go to find her. Sadly, by the time they arrive, Nell has died as a result of her arduous journey. Her grandfather, already mentally infirm, refuses to admit she is dead and sits every day by her grave waiting for her to come back until, a few months later, he dies himself. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 - 18 December 1855) was an English poet.George Cattermole (10 August 1800 - 24 July 1868) was an English painter and illustrator, chiefly in watercolours...............
Author : Public Libraries (Dundee)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000570610
Author : DUNDEE. Public Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026718408
Author : James Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11011877
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368136130
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z22435500X