Books with title The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Vol. 2 of 2

Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a comic novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens' third novel.The lengthy novel centers around the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. His Uncle Ralph, who thinks Nicholas will never amount to anything, plays the role of an antagonist.Like many of Dickens' works, the novel has a contemporary setting. Much of the action takes place in London, with several chapters taking place in Dickens's birthplace of Portsmouth, as well as settings in Yorkshire and Devon.The tone of the work is that of ironic social satire, with Dickens taking aim at what he perceives to be social injustices. Many memorable characters are introduced, including Nicholas's malevolent Uncle Ralph, and the villainous Wackford Squeers, who operates an extremely abusive all-boys boarding school at which Nicholas temporarily serves as a tutor.

Nicholas Nickleby or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens's third novel, and is the first of Dickens's romances. The novel centers on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man very inexperienced of the world, naïve, and emotional. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies unexpectedly after losing all of his money in a poor investment. Nicholas, his mother and his younger sister, Kate, are forced to give up their comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire and travel to London to seek the aid of their only relative, Nicholas's uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Ralph, a cold and ruthless businessman. Nicholas Nickleby is an episodic and humorous novel, with an ironic social satire tone. Dickens takes aim at what he perceives to be social injustices. When it was originally published in 1839, the book was an immediate and complete success and established Dickens's lasting reputation.

Nicholas Nickleby is without a doubt one of Dickens best works. The characters are such a peculiar bunch, Mr Mantalini is hilarious as he sucks up to his wife and source of income, threatening to end his life in dramatic style every time he gets a cross word from her! As with most Dickens stories there is much hardship but everything turns out nicely in the end. A must read!!

Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Vol. 2 of 2 XLI. Containing some romantic Passages be tween Mrs. Nickleby and the Gentleman in the small-clothes next Door. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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