Challenge Corner discussion

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.

I checked my library Friday and there's now a two week wait on the book. I have a hold on it. As soon as I get it I'll jump in and start reading. I should have got it earlier but I was nervous with it being so long getting it too far ahead of schedule. Who knew it would be a popular title >.>

Sounds good! I'm listening to it on audible at 2x speed.

Chapters 1-9 (32%)

I am finding this book rather enjoyable - it's a funny discourse on class during Charles Dickens's time. I love that in one of the chapters two ladies were swooning over Nicolas and egging each other on. I think the fact that I'm listening to the story at 2x speed makes it an even funnier treatise on class.