• bookz (11)in #quilp • 16 days ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #17/288

  He was well enough—nothing much was every the matter with him—and ill weeds were sure to thrive.' All the ladies then sighed in concert, shook their heads gravely, and looked…

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• bookz (11)in #quilp • last month

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #16/288

  Chapter4 Mr and Mrs Quilp resided on Tower Hill; and in her bower on Tower Hill. Mrs Quilp was left to pine the absence of her lord, when he quitted her on the business…

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• bookz (11)in #wealthy • last month

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #15/288

  I can say no more than that, now or at any other time, and she is here again!' The eagerness with which all this was poured into my ear, the trembling of the hand with which…

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• bookz (11)in #quilp • 2 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #14/288

  'Yes, you're right—I—I—keep it close—very close.' He said no more, but taking the money turned away with a slow, uncertain step, and pressed his hand upon his head like a…

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• bookz (11)in #quilp • 2 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #13/288

  I care for the whim, then, of coming to and fro and reminding her of my existence. I WILL see her when I please. That's my point. I came here to-day to maintain it, and I'll…

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• bookz (11)in #dwarf • 2 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #12/288

  Chapter3 The child was closely followed by an elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect, and so low in stature as to be quite a dwarf, though his head…

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• bookz (11)in #nell • 3 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #11/288

  Then the plain question is, an't it a pity that this state of things should continue, and how much better would it be for the gentleman to hand over a reasonable amount of…

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• bookz (11)in #conversation • 3 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #10/288

  The old man sat himself down in a chair, and with folded hands, looked sometimes at his grandson and sometimes at his strange companion, as if he were utterly powerless and had…

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• bookz (11)in #persuasion • 3 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #9/288

  The best they can do, is to keep an eye to their business and leave me to mind. There's a friend of mine waiting outside, and as it seems that I may have to wait some time…

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• bookz (11)in #hesitation • 4 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #8/288

  Chapter2 After combating, for nearly a week, the feeling which impelled me to revisit the place I had quitted under the circumstances already detailed, I yielded to it at…

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• bookz (11)in #wandering • 4 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #7/288

  Yet I lingered about, and could not tear myself away, thinking of all possible harm that might happen to the child—of fires and robberies and even murder—and feeling as if some…

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• bookz (11)in #trust • 4 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #6/288

  I am sure you mean well, but are you quite certain that you know how to execute such a trust as this? I am an old man, like you, and I am actuated by an old man's concern in…

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• bookz (11)in #nell • 4 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #5/288

  As for Kit himself (whose laugh had been all the time one of that sort which very little would change into a cry) he carried a large slice of bread and meat and a mug of beer…

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• bookz (11)in #childhood • 4 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #4/288

  I was surprised to see that all this time everything was done by the child, and that there appeared to be no other persons but ourselves in the house. I took advantage of a…

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• bookz (11)in #ghosts • 5 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #3/288

  When she had knocked twice or thrice there was a noise as if some person were moving inside, and at length a faint light appeared through the glass which, as it approached…

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• bookz (11)in #frightened • 5 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #2/288

  'I am afraid it is a very long way, for I came from there to-night.' 'Alone?' said I, in some surprise. 'Oh, yes, I don't mind that, but I am a little frightened now, for I…

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• bookz (11)in #restlessness • 6 months ago

  [Literature] Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop #1/288

  Chapter1 Night is generally my time for walking. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or…

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