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Daniel Quilp is one of the main antagonists in the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, written in 1840. Quilp is a vicious, ill-tempered and grotesque dwarf and is the villain of the story. Quilp is as near as Dickens ever came to creating a monster. Actors who have portrayed him include Hay Petrie, Anthony Newley, Patrick Troughton, Trevor Peacock, and Toby Jones.
Daniel Quilp by 'Kyd' (1889)
Quilp plots with Sampson Brass, illustration by 'Phiz' for The Old Curiosity Shop (1840)
The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841.
Cover, the serial in Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840
Old Curiosity Shop, Portsmouth Street, 1884 by Philip Norman
"At Rest" Illustration by George Cattermole
Quilp by 'Kyd' (1889)