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The glare and hurry of broad noon are not adapted to idle pursuits like mine a glimpse of passing faces caught by the light of a street-lamp or a shop window is often better for my purpose than their full revelation in the daylight and, if I must add the truth, night is kinder in this respect than day, which too often destroys an air-built castle at the moment of its completion, without the least ceremony or remorse. I have fallen insensibly into this habit, both because it favours my infirmity and because it affords me greater opportunity of speculating on the characters and occupations of those who fill the streets. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together but, saving in the country, I seldom go out until after dark, though, Heaven be thanked, I love its light and feel the cheerfulness it sheds upon the earth, as much as any creature living. Particularly worthy of note is the dramatic depiction, in text and illustration, of the plight of the masses of unemployed who had been left aside in England’s triumphant ascension as leader of the world’s industrial revolution.Īn e-book, with all of the illustrations, is available for downloading below.ĬHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35 CHAPTER 36 CHAPTER 37 CHAPTER 38 CHAPTER 39 CHAPTER 40 CHAPTER 41 CHAPTER 42 CHAPTER 43 CHAPTER 44 CHAPTER 45 CHAPTER 46 CHAPTER 47 CHAPTER 48 CHAPTER 49 CHAPTER 50 CHAPTER 51 CHAPTER 52 CHAPTER 53 CHAPTER 54 CHAPTER 55 CHAPTER 56 CHAPTER 57 CHAPTER 58 CHAPTER 59 CHAPTER 60 CHAPTER 61 CHAPTER 62 CHAPTER 63 CHAPTER 64 CHAPTER 65 CHAPTER 66 CHAPTER 67 CHAPTER 68 CHAPTER 69 CHAPTER 70 CHAPTER 71 CHAPTER 72 CHAPTER 73ĥ - But sit where you are, in case I want youĪlthough I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in 40 weekly instalments in Dickens’s own magazine Master Humphrey’s Clock between April 1840 and February 1841, with a total of 75 illustrations - far more than in any of Dickens’s previous novels - of which 59 were done by Hablot Browne ( Phiz), 14 by George Cattermole, and one each by Samuel Williams and Daniel Maclise.Īll of its elaborate and often decidedly dramatic illustrations are included in the text here. She caught the imagination of the reading public like few characters before or since ever have.
The young heroine shines like a beacon through the gloomy moral and physical aspect of England of the times that Dickens was so good at portraying. Dickens’s fourth novel, another huge best-seller, a «road novel» about the adorable Little Nell and her grandfather on the run all around England from a cruel, grasping creditor, no doubt the most villainous villain in all of his works.
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