The peaceful lives of Little Nell Trent and her beloved grandfather are harried by the odious, misshapen moneylender Daniel Quilp, who plans to marry Nell when she is older.
The peaceful lives of Little Nell Trent and her beloved grandfather are harried by the odious, misshapen moneylender Daniel Quilp, who plans to marry Nell when she is older.
Quilp has taken possession of the Curiosity Shop and its contents in settlement of Grandfather's gambling debts.
Quilp marks out the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller as an ally. Kit meets the Garlands.