Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley author of Frankenstein
Charlotte Brontë author of Jane Eyre

Industrial Revolution (from Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society)
Jane Eyre (from Literature and Its Times)
Jane Eyre (from Novels for Students)
Victorianism (from Dictionary of American History)
The Real Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841) was one of British author Charles Dickens' most popular novels. Inspired in part by the real-life store shown in this c. 1900 photo, the novel relates the tragic story of Nell Trent, a kindly young girl who is tasked with protecting her ill grandfather from a nefarious set of villains who believe the pair are hiding a secret inheritance. 
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