The Old Curiosity Shop
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 instalment arrived in 1841.
Cover, the serial in Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840 | |
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | George Cattermole Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) Samuel Williams Daniel Maclise |
| Cover artist | George Cattermole |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | Serialised April 1840 – February 1841; book format 1841 |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall London |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Nickleby |
| Followed by | Barnaby Rudge |
| Text | The Old Curiosity Shop at Wikisource |
The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841. Queen Victoria read the novel that year and found it "very interesting and cleverly written".
The plot follows the journey of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London, whose lives are thrown into disarray and destitution due to the machinations of an evil moneylender.
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