One of Charles Dickens’s most beautiful and refined novels, and the basis for many films and TV series.
A story of strange things, strange people, and strange relationships.
A mysterious, fantastic tale where features of realism intertwine with motifs of folk and literary fairy tale.
It contains both grotesque elements and even some shades of the “gothic” novel—full of dark secrets and ominous, unfinished suspenses.
However, this literary eclecticism only does good to "The Antiquary" ("Antiquities Shop"), completing the stylistic versatility of this truly astonishing work.
Times pass—yet little Nell and her grandfather, a poor dreamer, keep wandering through the endless winds, rain, and fog of Victorian England’s roads…