TY - BOOK AU - Dickens,Charles TI - Nicholas Nickleby AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Boarding schools -- Fiction KW - England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction KW - England -- Fiction KW - Bildungsromans KW - Young men -- Fiction KW - Theatrical companies -- Fiction KW - Poor families -- Fiction KW - Picaresque literature N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Nickleby; Release date is 2006-04-27; Produced by Donald Lainson and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens is a novel originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. After his father's death, young Nicholas must support his mother and sister, seeking help from their wealthy but cold-hearted uncle Ralph. When Ralph sends Nicholas to a brutal Yorkshire boarding school, he witnesses terrible cruelty and befriends an abused servant boy named Smike. Their escape sets off a chain of events involving theatrical troupes, harassment, schemes, and dark family secrets that will test Nicholas's courage and determination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/967 ER -