Production notes: This ebook of Nicholas Nickleby was published by Global Grey in 2020. This book has 945 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1839. Nicholas's adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray a extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas and the gloriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummle, and their daughter, the 'infant phenomenon'. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister.
Nicholas Nickleby Charles DickensĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. A favorite among Dickens' works, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film.Buy the entire collection for only £15. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Following the death of Nicholas’s father, they find themselves penniless, and travel to London to seek help from his uncle, Ralph Nickleby, a heartless, cunning rogue. But on the whole, and authentic and attractive copy of the first edition in book form. Nicholas Nickleby is a young Devonshire man of nineteen, handsome and hot headed, devoted to his sister Kate and his parents.
Moderate foxing to the plates, pages generally clean. Original yellow end-papers with some splitting at the inner hinges. A Very Good copy with wear to the cloth along the lower spine hinge and at the board edges. 160 with corrected spellings, first four plates without Chapman and Hall imprints. This copy without some of the earliest issue points: pg. A rare copy of Nickleby in the original publisher's cloth. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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