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Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens

 
Description: ISBN 0140435123 / Author: Charles Dickens / Genre: Classic Literature / A melodrama of honest youth triumphing over vice and injustice, ... more
Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens ... this novel is an indignant protest against cruelty and oppression, most memorably encapsulated in Dickens's portrayal of Mr Squeers and his wicked boarding school - a passage which helped to reform the Victorian education system. On his comical and satirical adventures up and down the country, our hero confronts a large and varied cast of characters, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor. Punishing wickedness, befriending the helpless, strutting the stage, and falling in love, Nicholas shares some of his creator's energy and earnestness as he faces the pressing issues of early Victorian society.

Newest Review: ... and ill-treated. Nicholas stands up for the boys, and eventually leaves in the company of the sad and pathetic Smike. ... more

 ... Meanwhile, his sister is being exploited by Ralph and is introduced to a group of young men who have no honourable intentions towards her. She manages to resist their advances, but only at the cost of her uncle’s wrath. Nicholas finds a job with the Brothers Cheeryble and through them meets Madeline, with whom he falls in love. His sister Kate also meets Frank, the Cheerybles' nephew. Eventually good triumphs over evil and Ralph gets his just desserts. The lovers marry and they all live happily ever after. I read...more

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hasher
Express Review on Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens
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Dicken's Best - Advantages: In-depth characters, Rollercoaster of emotions, A good ending - Disadvantages: A very long book, Language is sometimes hard to understand

alysonfreeman
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This is the tale of the Nickleby family, who fall on hard times. They are at the mercy of the “wicked uncle”, Ralph Nickleby, who is mean and bitter. Nicholas, the hero of the story, is a young man of great honour and high ideals. He accepts his uncle’s offer of a post as tutor at Dotheboys Hall, a school in Yorkshire. Here we meet the wonderfully grotesque Wackford Squeers, the headmaster. His only thought is to take money from the families of the unfortunate boys placed at his establishment, and they are half-starved and ill-treated. Nicholas stands up for the boys, and eventually leaves in the company of the sad and pathetic Smike. ...  Read the complete review

 

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