The old curiosity shop
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Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
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ciii, 638 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
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"For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of seventeen of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, 'the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish.'" "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."--BOOK JACKET

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, C., & Brennan, E. M. (1997). The old curiosity shop . Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Elizabeth M. Brennan. 1997. The Old Curiosity Shop. Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Elizabeth M. Brennan. The Old Curiosity Shop Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Dickens, Charles, and Elizabeth M Brennan. The Old Curiosity Shop Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.

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