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Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens
Martin Jarvis
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Nicholas Nickleby is at once a moving and funny novel following the fortunes and misfortunes of an impetuous and high-spirited hero.

Nicholas Nickleby is one of Dickens's best-loved comic creations. His story is both moving and funny, following the fortunes and misfortunes of an impetuous and high-spirited hero. Nicholas, along with his sister Kate, is left penniless and homeless by his father's death. He becomes a schoolmaster to make ends meet but is appalled by the conditions and regime of the Dotheby Hall. Following a fight he leaves for London taking with him Smikes, a half-starved pupil. A true champion of the weak, and now with Kate and Smikes under his wing, Nicholas constantly has to pit himself against Ralph, his devious and unscrupulous uncle, in order to survive.
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Publisher: Canongate Books Edition: Abridged

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  • ISBN: 9780857864499
  • File size: 68851 KB
  • Release date: August 14, 2005
  • Duration: 02:23:26

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  • ISBN: 9780857864499
  • File size: 68948 KB
  • Release date: August 14, 2005
  • Duration: 02:23:26
  • Number of parts: 2
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Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:640
Text Difficulty:2-3


Nicholas Nickleby is at once a moving and funny novel following the fortunes and misfortunes of an impetuous and high-spirited hero.

Nicholas Nickleby is one of Dickens's best-loved comic creations. His story is both moving and funny, following the fortunes and misfortunes of an impetuous and high-spirited hero. Nicholas, along with his sister Kate, is left penniless and homeless by his father's death. He becomes a schoolmaster to make ends meet but is appalled by the conditions and regime of the Dotheby Hall. Following a fight he leaves for London taking with him Smikes, a half-starved pupil. A true champion of the weak, and now with Kate and Smikes under his wing, Nicholas constantly has to pit himself against Ralph, his devious and unscrupulous uncle, in order to survive.
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Classic Literature Fiction