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Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens
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‘I love Dickens but I’m particularly fond of Nicholas Nickleby… It’s one of those books I can just read and reread’ Nigel Havers

‘The novel has everything- absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics’ The Times

When Nicholas’s father dies he, his mother and sister 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 masterpiece.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 April 2011
Pages
944
ISBN
9780099540793

‘I love Dickens but I’m particularly fond of Nicholas Nickleby… It’s one of those books I can just read and reread’ Nigel Havers

‘The novel has everything- absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics’ The Times

When Nicholas’s father dies he, his mother and sister 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 masterpiece.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 April 2011
Pages
944
ISBN
9780099540793

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