[PDF] The Old Curiosity Bookshop 1st Book Of Short Stories eBook

Author : Tina Walford
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0244489599

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A Showcase book of 25 Short Stories promoting new & experienced Writers who live and work in and around, the Old Curiosity Bookshop and Tea Room in Hathern, LE12 5HZ, Leicestershire, England. Contributors are: John Constantinou, Ian Cook, Chris Davis, Angela Thody, Sven Hallin, Jonathan Hill, June Hutchinson, Avril Macintyre, Christopher Mills, Scarlett Storer-Rowe, Mark Stretton, Ricki Thomas, Christopher Vaughan-Jones, Tina Walford, and Stephanie Young. The perfect bedtime or holiday entertainment with a spellbinding selection of styles, a gripping selection of subjects, and a compelling collection of characters. Treat yourself to a rollercoaster of emotions; with more than a few surprises...

Author : Charles Dickens
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Page : 788 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 2020-07-19
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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. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841.[1] The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841.

Author : Charles Dickens
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Page : 639 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2021-04
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The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and a virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen". An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather (whose name is never revealed) in his shop of odds and ends.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2018-06-08
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ISBN : 9781720884217

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The Old Curiosity Shop Volume 1 By Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her only friend is Kit, an honest young lad who works at the shop, and whom she is teaching to write. Unbeknownst to Nell, her grandfather is obsessed with their precarious financial position, trying to make Nell a good inheritance by winning at cards. He keeps these nocturnal activities a secret but borrows heavily from the evil Quilp. Losing everything, the grandfather and Nell are forced to go on the run. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Charles Dickens
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Page : 812 pages
File Size : 34,21 MB
Release : 2021-03-24
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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 (whose name is never revealed) in his shop of odds and ends.

Author : Charles Dickens
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Page : 682 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
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Little Nell Trent lives alone with her aged grandfather, who runs an old curiosity shop. The grandfather, Little Nell's mother's father, has two obsessions. One is keeping Little Nell away from her brother, Fred, a drunken profligate. The other is a burning desire to gamble. Hoping to provide a fortune for the little girl, the old man gambles away every penny he can get. Not content with using the income of the curiosity shop, the old man borrows money recklessly. One of the old man's creditors is an ugly, misshapen, cruel dwarf named Quilp. The husband of a pretty but browbeaten young woman, Quilp plots to ruin the old man and someday marry Little Nell, who is only fourteen years old. Having discovered the old man's passion for gambling by forcing his wife to spy on Little Nell, Quilp is soon able to take over the old curiosity shop by due process of law. Little Nell and her grandfather leave during the night and start an aimless journey from London to western England. Almost penniless, the old man and the little girl find many friends on their way. For a time, they travel with a Punch-and-Judy troupe, until the girl becomes alarmed at the habits of the men connected with the show and persuades her grandfather to leave them. She and the old man are next befriended by Mrs. Jarley, owner of a waxworks, but the grandfather's passion for gambling causes them to leave their benefactor. At last, a schoolmaster, on his way to fill a new post, takes them under his wing.