The Antiques Shop

"The Antiques Shop" is a blend of realistic narrative and fairy tale with elements of gothic, featuring whimsical, strange, and grotesque characters, and dark mysteries. The novel tells the story of Nell, a little girl with an "infinitely sweet nature," her grandfather, a senile card player-dreamer, and the cruel dwarf moneylender Quilp who pursues them – raising the eternal theme of the struggle between good and evil. One of Charles Dickens' most touching novels.