The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
Literature
Aug 23, 2018
The title given this novel for its serial publication (over nineteen months in 1837 through 1839) sums up its rambunctious plot: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family. A descendant of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker) and Henry Fielding (Tom Jones), Nickleby inherits from its literary forebears a penniless young hero who—equipped only with luck and native wit—must make his way in the world against forces of iniquity, depravity, and greed.
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Oct 28, 2018
Though I loved Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, I have to say that Nick Nickelby is my favorite of all of Dickens gents.
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