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Little Nell, a Heroic and Tragic Heroine of Dickens
This was a lesser-known Dickens title to me, but has all the classic Dickensian themes and heroes/heroines and villains, this time centered on the angelic Little Nell and her Grandfather, who are fighting to stave off poverty after they lose their Old Curiosity Shop to the usurious and villainous dwarf moneylender Daniel Quilip. There is a parallel story of Kip, a young boy who is Nell’s friend and servant, honest and loyal, who gets targeted by the evil Quilip out of sheer malice and jealousy. There are many dramatic twists and turns for the characters, and I imagine the full version was very detail-heavy as most of his novels are, but I listened to the abridged BBC 4 Radio full-cast dramatization, which was dramatically performed and just the right length for my interests.