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Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
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| When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby prove both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forces to make his own way in the world. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray a extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys; the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas; and the glouriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummles and their daughter, the 'infant phenomenon'. Like many of Dicken's novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterized by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work, revealing his comic genius at its most unerring. |
'I shall never regret doing as I have - never, if I starve or beg in consequence'
Mark Ford's introduction compares Nicholas Nickleby to eighteenth-century picaresque novels, and examines Dicken's criticism of the 'Yorkshire Schools', his social satire and use of language. This edition includes the original illustrations by 'Phiz', a chronology and a list for further reading. |
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Title: Nicholas Nickleby
ISBN/ Catalogue No: 0140435123
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: none |
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