What a cheerful tale this is. We have Quilp, the main villain, thoroughly nasty in every way. His characterisation is completely non-pc by today's standards; dwarf, twisted, ugly, aquiline nose. His two accomplices are the smarmy lawyer Brass, and his domineering and greedy sister.
We have 'nice' Little Nell, poor, sweet, innocent, gullible, suffering martyr. Her grandfather, who borrows, lies and steals in order to get his money for gambling. Then there is 'simple' Kit, who is generally mucked about with, trampled on, and kicked from pillar to post.
You don't want to go near this if you're not too cheerful.
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