The story of Little Nell and her "tragedy of sorrows," told in a blend of realism and fairy-tale
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness"; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law; and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity.
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- ISBN10 0140437428
- ISBN13 9780140437423
- Publish Date 1 July 2001 (first published December 1951)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Classics
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 608
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780140437423