The Overlook Press, 2008 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1938 Nonesuch Press edition. 835 pages, three quarter leather over green cloth boards, maroon spine label. Slight surface wear, lacks wrap-around band. Text clean..

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Nicholas Nickleby finds himself penniless after his father's death and turns to his wealthy uncle to help him find work in effort to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to navigate his own way in the world. This adventure gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: 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 is also a lively work, revealing his comic genius at its highest.

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Bookseller: Else Fine Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003916
Title: Nicholas Nickleby (Nonesuch Dickens)
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
ISBN 10: 1590201353
ISBN 13: 9781590201350
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Date Published: 2008
Keywords: British fiction

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...