About this book
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
Subjects
FictionYoung menBoarding schoolsPoor familiesTheatrical companiesDeathUnclesFathersWidowsSocial life and customsRecitationsPromptbooksFacsimilesDisinheritanceClassic LiteratureStudentsNineteenth centuryBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, coming of ageEngland, fictionTeachers, fictionSocial conditionsEnglish literatureSocial live and customs