"The Characters in the Story" — Furniss's engraved title-page for Dickens's "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1910)

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The Characters in the Story

Harry Furniss

1910

14.3 x 9.1 cm vignetted

Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, facing V, the frontispiece.

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Commentary

Present in the margins of the title-page for The Old Curiosity Shop are several dozen characters, but no one character stands out by virtue of either position or size. The most recognizable among the thumbnails are the wayfarers, Little Nell and her Grandfather (upper left).

Relevant Covers, Frontispieces and Title-Pages for this Novel

Cattermole and Phiz: The Old Curiosity Shop: A Team Effort by "The Clock Works"
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 1, 1861)
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 2, 1861)
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 3, 1861)

Bibliography

Bentley, Nicolas, Michael Slater, and Nina Burgis. The Dickens Index. Oxford and New York: Oxford U. , 1988.

Davis, Paul. Charles Dickens A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Facts On File, 1998.

Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. The Charles Dickens Library Edition. London: Educational Book Company, 1910. Vol. 5.

Created 27 November 2019

Last modified 6 February 2020