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The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)
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The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Keywords
london, england
based on novel or book
victorian england
orphan
hunchback
moneylender
19th century
gambling addiction
grandfather granddaughter relationship
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