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Nicholas Nickleby, or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, is the third novel by Charles Dickens, originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The character of Nickleby is a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.
- Charles Dickens
- 1838
Dickens wrote Nicholas Nickleby with the intention of exposing the abuses of for-profit boarding schools in England. In focusing on the titular hero, Nicholas, Dickens’s novel explores the dangers of greed, the sublimity of family, and the central importance of maintaining one’s ethical values.
Mar 14, 2022 · Dickens and Browne, traveling under assumed names, visited the notorious boarding schools in Yorkshire to do background research for the novel ( Forster, 1899, v. 1, p. 112-113), which deals with the mistreatment of children sent to these schools.
Yorkshire boarding school at which Nicholas teaches under the supervision of the vicious schoolmaster, Wackford Squeers. The northern England county of Yorkshire was notorious for its unpleasant...
Jun 5, 2024 · When he arrives at Dotheboys, Nicholas soon realizes that the school is a scam, with pupils being abused and starved. He soon takes an older boy, Smike, under his wing.
Jul 5, 2012 · In early 1838 Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne, the illustrator for Nickleby, traveled to Yorkshire to see boarding schools for themselves. On March 6 th of that year Dickens’s daughter Mary was born. The first installment of Nicholas Nickleby was published on March 31, 1838.
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Chapters 1-10: Nicholas's Struggles. Nicholas begins working as an assistant at a school run by the cruel Wackford Squeers, where he witnesses the mistreatment of the students. He stands up to Squeers and eventually leaves the school with the abused boy, Smike.
