Nicholas Nickleby (Collector's Library) - Hardcover

Dickens, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904633846 ISBN 13: 9781904633846

Publisher: Collectors Library, 2004

Synopsis

When his father suddenly dies, Nicholas Nickleby is sent by his uncle to Dotheboys Hall to work as a teacher, but when Nicholas discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, maliciously bullies the students, he must decide whether to stay, or leave and allow his uncle to cut off support for his family.

About this title

From the Publisher:

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From the Back Cover:

Charles Dickens had an understanding of mid-Victorian society second to none, and genius and energy massive enough to make the absurdities and terrors of that society come alive on the page. Nicholas Nickleby, with its episodes of chicanery in finance and education, and the dramatic intensity with which it tells the story of its open-hearted protagonists - a young brother and sister at sea in a dangerous world - and its frightening villain, the magnificently rendered Ralph Nickleby, represents Dickens at his clear-eyed, indignant and mesmerizing best.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collectors Library
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1904633846
• ISBN 13: 9781904633846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1201