Adapted for theatre even before Dickens had finished writing his story, Nicholas Nickleby provides a delightful account of its hero's confrontations with the pressing issues of Victorian society. We see the growth of a hero, as a large and varied cast of characters with an aim to amuse lead Nicholas Nickleby on adventures up and down the countryside, punishing the wicked, befriending the helpless, and falling in love.

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