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.
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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