Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens | Volume IX | Cleartype Edition | Books, Inc New York | Classic Literature

Charles Dickens’s novel, Nicholas Nickleby, was first published in monthly parts between March 1838 and September 1839. Nicholas’s adventures take him to Dotheboys Hall, home of the brutal schoolmaster Wackford Squeers – one of Dickens’s greatest grotesques. Nicholas is appalled by the treatment of the school’s orphans, in particular a frail and simple-mined boy called Smike. It was Dickens’s intention to reveal to the public the horrors of Yorkshire’s boarding schools, where parents would dump their unwanted children for indefinite periods. The lack of hygiene and the inhumane treatment of pupils was a source of great scandal at the time.

First published January 1, 1839

About the author: Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

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Dimensions: 5 inches by 7 inches

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