# Nicholas Nickleby

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- Book: [Nicholas Nickleby](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-dickens/nicholas-nickleby) ([Nicholas Nickleby.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-dickens/nicholas-nickleby.md))
- Authors: [Charles Dickens](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-dickens)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-079-3
- Pages: 944
- Published: 2011-02-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'The novel has everything: absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics' The Times When Nicholas's father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Dickens confronts issues of neglect and cruelty in this blackly comic masterpiece.