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Nell Trent
Nell Trent, also known as Little Nell, is the main character in Charles Dickens' 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop. She is an orphan who leads her grandfather on a journey to save them from poverty. Along the way, Nell encounters many hardships, but she always remains kind and innocent. She eventually finds a home with the help of a schoolmaster, but she dies before her friends in London can find her. Nell's death is a powerful and moving moment in the novel, and it has been described as "the apotheosis of Victorian sentimentality."