$20.12
- Paperback
864 pages
- Release Date
7 June 1999
Summary
The work of a young novelist at the height of his powers, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY is one of the touchstones of the English comic novel. Around the central story of Nicholas Nickleby and the misfortunes of his family, Dickens created some of his most wonderful characters- the muddle-headed Mrs Nickleby, the gloriously theatrical Crummles, their protégé Miss Petowker, the pretentious Mantalinis and the mindlessly cruel Squeers and his wife. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY’s loose, haphazard progress harks back to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435122 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140435123 |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Hablot K. Browne, Mark Ford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 864 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 50mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) started his career as a writer with the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). Nicholas Nickleby appeared in 1838 and was swiftly followed by The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41). Dickens is considered as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
Mark Ford is currently lecturer at University College, London and writes regularly for the London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian.
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