Nicholas Nickleby
CHARLES DICKENS
Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a literary gentleman'. With a supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crumplerend travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigstore, and with those characteristic Dickenslas mants of burlesque and farce, the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation. So great was its impact that many pirated versions appeared in print and on stage before the original was even finished.
Often neglected by critics, Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers and is…