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The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter 15 summary

Chapter 15 of 73 · 15 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 15, Nell and her grandfather leave London, walk through the countryside, and depend on strangers for rest, food, and transport. Although the open fields bring relief, her grandfather keeps demanding greater distance from the city, while Nell takes responsibility for his comfort despite her own exhaustion and injured foot.

What happens

  1. Nell fears meeting Kit as she and her grandfather leave the city, passing busy commercial streets and crowded poor neighborhoods.
  2. They breakfast in a field, where Nell prays and compares their escape to Christian’s journey in The Pilgrim’s Progress.
  3. Nell comforts her frightened grandfather, helps him wash, and lets him sleep before they continue walking.
  4. After a night in rented beds, they resume their journey and reach a welcoming cottage the following afternoon.
  5. The family provides milk and seats, and the woman treats Nell’s blistered foot, but her grandfather insists on continuing.
  6. A cart driver, alerted by the family, carries the exhausted pair toward a town and directs them through its churchyard.

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In this chapter

NellNell's grandfatherKit

What to notice

Grandfather’s plea makes his dependence explicit. Nell answers his distress with reassurance and takes the stronger, protective role.

Quick check

Why does Nell choose the cottage where she asks for milk?

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