![]() ![]() Nell's grandfather, after his breakdown, fears that he shall be sent to a madhouse, and there chained to a wall and whipped these practices went out of use after about 1830. When the inquest rules (incorrectly) that Quilp committed suicide, his corpse is ordered to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart, a practice banned in 1823. ![]() In Chapter 29, Miss Monflathers refers to the death of Lord Byron, who died on 19 April 1824. The events of the book seem to take place around 1825.
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