social criticism · 1840
The Old Curiosity Shop
weekly serial; novel by Charles Dickens; published 1840–1841
- 1840
- social criticism
Summary
The Old Curiosity Shop is the fourth novel by English author Charles Dickens; being one of his two novels 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 reputedly stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841.
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