books.google.co.uk - In this tale, first published serially in 1841 and 1842, Dickens follows Nell Trent, an angelic and unfailingly virtuous girl of "nearly fourteen" and her grandfather as they navigate a world populated by villains, criminals and ne'er-do-wells. The public response at the time equalled modern reactions...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Old_Curiosity_Shop.html?id=2dUNAAAAQAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Old Curiosity Shop