![]() ![]() Since this is Victorian England, where social "safety nets" were still a faintly futuristic notion, their only recourse is to rely on the kindness of their uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Nicholas Nickleby, the protagonist, is the son of a gentleman who made a bad investment (at the urging of his sweet but daft and motor-mouthed wife) and then conveniently died, leaving his wife, son, and daughter to deal with the consequences. ![]() ![]() Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens' third novel, and supposedly his first romance. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickens's pantheon.įrom the dungeon-like Yorkshire boys' boarding school run by the cruel Wackford Squeers to the high-spirited stage of Vincent Crummles' extraordinary acting troupe, Nicholas Nickleby is a triumph of the imagination, bursting with color, humor, and poignant social commentary. Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in 19th-century England. ![]()
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