The Centennial Edition - Nicholas Nickleby Vol 1 & 2 by Charles Dickens

The Centennial Edition Of The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens: Volumes I And II - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 

Condition: Great - Aux Leatherette Hardcovers bright with gilt decoration on front and gilt lettering on spine (Small mark on top: refer to photos)

Price: R250

Size: Medium

Centennial Edition by Edito Service, distributed by Heron Books, 1968

When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics, such as Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys; the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas; and the gloriously theatrical Mr. and Mrs. Crummles and their daughter, the 'infant phenomenon'. Like many of Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterised by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work, revealing his comic genius at its most unerring.(Goodreads)