The illustrated life & adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Pas de couverture — Charles Dickens: The illustrated life & adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982, Macmillan)

420 pages

Langue : English

Publié 5 mars 1982 par Macmillan.

ISBN :: 978-0-02-531350-7

(1 critique)

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.

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Mike a publié une critique de The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens ... with illustrations. par Michigan Historical Reprint Series

worth the invested time

4 étoiles

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.

Sujets

Young men -- Fiction.
Theatrical companies -- Fiction.
Boarding schools -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.