Nicholas Nickleby (Oxford World's Classics)

918 pages

English language

Published July 22, 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA.

ISBN:: 978-0-19-283623-6

(2 reviews)

Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.

81 editions

Mike reviewed The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens ... with illustrations. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series

worth the invested time

4 stars

This felt an enormous read. At times could do with tighter editing, but I think that's a product of the original serial format.

The book follows the titular character, his family and friends through good and bad.

signalnine

rated it

April 26, 2007