The story of Little Nell and her "tragedy of sorrows," told in a blend of realism and fairy-Tale The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth.
The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens\'s creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne\'er.
The story of Little Nell and her "tragedy of sorrows," told in a blend of realism and fairy-Tale The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth