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Old Curiosity Shop [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickens, Charles.
- Series:
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. 1966 Works.
- Clarendon Dickens
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grandparent and child--Fiction.
- Grandparent and child.
- Antique dealers--Fiction.
- Antique dealers.
- Grandfathers--Fiction.
- Grandfathers.
- Gamblers--Fiction.
- Gamblers.
- Girls--Fiction.
- Girls.
- England--Social conditions--Fiction.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1392 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Old Curiosity Shop was expanded from a short tale to save Dickens's failing periodical Master Humphrey's Clock (1840-1); it is the first of his novels of which the complete manuscript, many corrected proofs, and some working notes survive. This makes it uniquely interesting to both the textual critic and general reader. Forster's Life of Dickens played down the novelist's dependence on his friend's help, but the proofs reveal at first hand the nature ofForster's assistance as well as Dickens's own practice. In conjunction with the manuscript, which contains two previously unprinted notes t
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface by the General Editors; Acknowledgements; Contents; Illustrations; References and Abbreviations; Introduction; Descriptive List of Editions; Text; Appendixes; A. Additional apparatus; B. Dickens's number plans and memoranda; C. Weekly and monthly parts of Master Humphrey's Clock; D. Distribution of the manuscript among compositors; E. Preface to Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume I; F. Preface to the Cheap (1848), Library (1858), and Charles Dickens (1867) Editions; G. 'Master Humphrey from his Clock Side in the Chimney-Corner'
- H. Variant issues of The Old Curiosity ShopI. The descriptive headlines added in 1867; J. Finding list of illustrations; K. Little Nell on stage, 1840-1; L. Contents of Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840-1; Footnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-183243-X
- 0-19-150040-2
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