Nicholas Nickleby

Paperback, 831 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2011 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-954079-3

(1 review)

Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.

36 editions

Mike reviewed The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens ... with illustrations. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series

worth the invested time

4 stars

This felt an enormous read. At times could do with tighter editing, but I think that's a product of the original serial format.

The book follows the titular character, his family and friends through good and bad.

Subjects

Death
Poor families
Uncles
Fathers
Fiction
Boarding schools
Young men
Theatrical companies
Widows

Places

England