Nicholas Nickleby
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (846 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786161442 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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This was one of my Dickens favorites Teresa M. Hunt Nicholas Nickleby was a good read, typical of Dickens. Nicholas is a strong character and it's not all doom and gloom as some of his are. It starts out in a rather foreboding way as Nicholas and his sister are suddenly orphaned and they are separated. Their uncle proves to be less than an ally when he proposes 'jobs' for them that has them completely separated and out of communication. These jo. Mary A Fanelli said A Good Solid Read. Nicholas Nickleby is a good solid read. It may be a challenge for modern readers who aren't used to the language, but I promise that after the first couple chapters you'll get caught up in the rhythm of the language and the wonderful characters created by Dickens, who populate the book with their rich and varied personalities. Even their names are lots of fun- who else but Dickens could come up. "Perhaps only for a special audience" according to dbphoenix. Since there are no reviews of this edition (the MacMillan edition of 1982) and there seem to be a lot of them available, some at a ridiculously low price, here I am.To begin with, this is a beautiful book. It's clothbound and provides a facsimile of the "Household Edition" as published in the nineteenth century, with the original text (unabridged and unedited) and the original illustrations. An
Pour-El, Iowa State Univ., Ames Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Eventually, with the assistance of kind patrons, he and his family achieve economic security and a happy home. The only problems are with the abridgment. Schoolmaster Squeers would make a fine poster boy for child abusers. Martin Jarvis does an outstanding job of reading this book. From Library Journal Nicholas Nickleby, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. Ralph Nickleby's initial desire to injure Nicholas gradually develops into a full-blown obsession. Sounds rather trite, doesn't it? Not with ch
The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby mingles the somber world of Oliver Twist with the sunlit spectacle of The Pickwick Papers.