Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather (whose name is never revealed) in his shop of odds and ends. The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". Brass is described as "one of Her Majesty's attornies", putting him in the reign of Queen Victoria, which began in 1837, but given all the other evidence, and the fact that Kit, at his trial, is charged with acting "against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King" (referring to William IV), this must be a slip of the pen. Nell's grandfather, after his breakdown, fears that he shall be sent to a madhouse, and there chained to a wall and whipped these practices went out of use after about 1830. When the inquest rules (incorrectly) that Quilp committed suicide, his corpse is ordered to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart, a practice banned in 1823. In Chapter 29, Miss Monflathers refers to the death of Lord Byron, who died on 19 April 1824. The events of the book seem to take place around 1825.
The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Queen Victoria read the novel that year and found it "very interesting and cleverly written". The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841. The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, from 1840 to 1841. Serialised April 1840 – November 1841 book format 1841 For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.Ĭover, the serial in Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.
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