{"product_id":"doctor-marigold-charles-dickens-9782382742488","title":"Doctor Marigold: a novella by Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoctor Marigold \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e This book is about the story of a \u003cstrong\u003e\"Cheap-Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e\" who sells inexpensive articles to the poor in popular fairs.\u003cstrong\u003e Doctor Marigold\u003c\/strong\u003e, named for the man who delivered him, is a \"cheap-jack\" who hawks sundries from a traveling cart. His lonely fortunes reverse when he adopts a deaf and mute girl whose mother is dead and whose stepfather, owner of a traveling circus, beats her.After losing both his daughter and wife, he decides to adopt a deaf and mute girl and names her Sophy after his dead daughter. Throughout the two chapters of the book, Dickens portrays the activities of salesmen in the markets and gives samples of the captivating jingles and patters that they sing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Doctor Marigold, who seems to share with Dickens his linguistic passions, invents a system of sign language for his adopted daughter and teaches her to read and communicate. Dickens' novella also represents an examination of critical social issues which were much debated in Victorian England, namely adoption and the place of the disabled in the public eye. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe latter \u003cstrong\u003eissue becomes\u003c\/strong\u003e even more complicated when people with a natural handicap decide to marry and run the risk of passing on the handicap to their children. In the narrative, when Sophy marries, Marigold is greatly saddened for her departure. She later sends him a letter to tell him that she is worried that her expected child would be deaf. All culminates in a happy ending, however, when Sophy comes back home and Doctor Marigold assures her that his granddaughter is perfectly healthy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2382742488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782382742488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.06d","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44202017456383,"sku":"9782382742488","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d4629d1-6b31-4a01-9efb-cf552b4687a3.jpg?v=1691492750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doctor-marigold-charles-dickens-9782382742488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}