The Old Curiosity Shop

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The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens that follows the tragic story of Little Nell and her grandfather, set against the backdrop of a London antique shop.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
alsoKnownAs The Old Curiosity Shop; A Tale NERFINISHED
author Charles Dickens NERFINISHED
centralTheme exploitation
greed
innocence
poverty
sentimentality
completedPublicationYear 1841
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception noted for sentimentality
featuresLocation antique shop
firstEditionType book edition collected from serial
firstPublicationYear 1840
firstPublishedIn Master Humphrey's Clock NERFINISHED
followedBy Barnaby Rudge NERFINISHED
genre Victorian literature
social novel
tragic novel
hasAdaptation film adaptation
radio adaptation
television adaptation
hasCharacterDeath Little Nell NERFINISHED
hasIllustrationsBy Hablot Knight Browne NERFINISHED
hasProtagonist Little Nell NERFINISHED
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod Victorian era
mainCharacter Daniel Quilp NERFINISHED
Kit Nubbles NERFINISHED
Little Nell NERFINISHED
Nell Trent NERFINISHED
Nell's grandfather
Richard Swiveller NERFINISHED
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeTone melodramatic
originalLanguage English
partOf Charles Dickens bibliography
precededBy Nicholas Nickleby NERFINISHED
publicationFormat serialisation
publisher Chapman & Hall NERFINISHED
settingLocation England NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
subjectMatter child suffering
debt and moneylending
urban life in Victorian London
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century

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Lookingglass Theatre Company hasProduction The Old Curiosity Shop
Hablot Knight Browne illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop
Chigwell mentionedInWork The Old Curiosity Shop
Honeysuckle Weeks notableWork The Old Curiosity Shop
John Normington notableWork The Old Curiosity Shop
Thomas notableWork The Old Curiosity Shop
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay
A Christmas Carol (novella) precededBy The Old Curiosity Shop
subject surface form: A Christmas Carol
Barnaby Rudge precededBy The Old Curiosity Shop