Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens' third novel, and Paul McCartney's favorite book When Nicholas’s father dies he, his mother, and his sister, Kate, are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on...
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Dickens' third novel, and Paul McCartney's favorite book When Nicholas’s father dies he, his mother, and his sister, Kate, are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Dickens confronts issues of neglect and cruelty in this blackly comic masterpeice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099540793 (0099540797)
Publish date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: Random House UK
Pages no: 838
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
19th Century,
English Literature,
Fiction
Wonderful classic book. Enjoyed it a lot.
It seems that I'm destined to read all of Dickens...eventually. So, I can now check off yet another of his lengthy, but engaging stories. This is the third of his novels, and the eighth or ninth one I've read. Dickens can be a bit long winded at times, but he never fails to entertain. As with most D...
This is early Dickens and I prefer later Dickens, however having said that it is still Dickens and still good. The book in the first half has heavy picaresque elements and shares much in common with 18th century novels like Tom Jones. As it goes along the book becomes more focused and tighter.It has...
I dislike Dickens. His books are popular and it is usually about persons who act out cruelly against the poor and the powerless. As in any story world, the poor and the powerless get their strength for being good and then overcome the cruelty act from other people. That's don't happen in real l...
I'm sure everyone else has said anything I'd say here and it feels a little daft to review a book written over 150 years ago but here goes.I read this book when I was six and it changed my life. Full stop. I reread it every few years and it always resonates just as strongly.
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