The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen".
Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell doe.
Her only friend is Kit, an honest boy employed at the shop, whom she is teaching to write.
Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age.
An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather (whose name is never revealed) in his Shop of odds and ends.
The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not quite fourteen"