{"product_id":"the-old-curiosity-shop-and-master-humphreys-clock","title":"The Old Curiosity Shop and Master Humphrey's Clock","description":"xx, 654 pp. Olive cloth, paper spine label. A reissue of the original editions of two novels, reproducing the original illustrations, and with an introduction, biographical and bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the Younger. Includes: The Old Curiosity Shop and Master Humphrey's Clock. 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. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends. Master Humphrey was a lonely man who lived in London. He kept old manuscripts in an antique grandfather's clock by the chimney-corner. He decided that he would start a club, called Master Humphrey's Clock, where the members would read aloud their manuscripts to the others.","brand":"Macmillan and Co., Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255497220166,"sku":"2353743","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2353743.jpg?v=1783209263","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-old-curiosity-shop-and-master-humphreys-clock","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}