It may be significant that while the previous novel's long title was The Adventures of., this one is The Life and Adventures of.Īs others have pointed out, this is the first Dickens novel with an actual hero. But this time a greater effort is made to mix the elements together as integral parts of the biography of the main character. It's usually classified as his third novel, coming hard on the heels of the sketchy Pickwick Papers and the diversely stitched together Oliver Twist.Īs in Oliver Twist, the narrative of Nicholas Nickleby presents a panoply of tragic, satiric, suspenseful and melodramatic elements featuring eccentric characters-again in episodic fashion suited to serial publication. Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens still trying to work out how to sustain a novel. CRITIQUE | THE TEXT The hero without qualities
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