Nicholas Nickleby

'The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.' Originally published in monthly instalments from 1838 to 1839, Nicholas Nickleby is one of Dickens's earlier novels, renowned for its comic flair and cutting commentary on social injustice. Nicholas Nickleby, a young man with a comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire, suddenly finds his life upturned when his father passes away after losing all his money in a poor investment. In the wake of his death, Nicholas, his mother and younger...