Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

"Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens is a novel originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. After his father's death, young Nicholas must support his mother and sister, seeking help from their wealthy but cold-hearted uncle Ralph. When Ralph sends Nicholas to a brutal Yorkshire boarding school, he witnesses terrible cruelty and befriends an abused servant boy named Smike. Their escape sets off a chain of events involving theatrical troupes, harassment, schemes, and dark family secrets that will test Nicholas's courage and determination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Title Nicholas Nickleby
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Nickleby
Credits Produced by Donald Lainson and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Boarding schools -- Fiction
Subject England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Theatrical companies -- Fiction
Subject Poor families -- Fiction
Subject Picaresque literature
Category Text
eBook-No. 967
Release Date
Last Update Jan 17, 2018
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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