Saturday, 30 January 2010

What happens to Fred in The Old Curiosity Shop?

Christopher Jerde

Fred's major goal in is to get his sister Nell to marry his
friend Dick Swiveller so that he can inherit the fortune he erroneously believes his grandfather
possesses. While Fred is a major force in the early part of the novel, by the time Nell and her
grandfather are on the run from Quilp, he becomes much less of a threat to them.


At the end, it is revealed that Fred drowned in the Seine after getting...

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