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@bookz Apr 20, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC

[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 at Mrs Quilp as a martyr…

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@bookz Apr 3, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

[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 which he had already seen to t…

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@bookz Mar 28, 2026, 3:11 AM UTC

[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 he clasped my arm, the st…

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@bookz Mar 15, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC

[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 weary and dejected man. the…

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@bookz Mar 7, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC

[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 come here again fifty tim…

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@bookz Feb 20, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC

[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 and face were large enough f…

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@bookz Feb 11, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC

[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 tin, and make it all right…

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@bookz Feb 7, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC

[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 no resource but to lea…

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@bookz Jan 26, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

[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, I'll call him in, with you…

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@bookz Jan 17, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC

[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 length; and determining that…

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