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There is everything here you expect in a Dickens novel. In the end it was one that did not shine brighter than any other. Nicholas is so young and rash, and Kate is so angelic, that I couldn't feel much sympathy for either. The most interesting character to me was Ralph Nickelby. He is thoroughly bad, but you see glimmers of internal struggle. He is much more complex than the usual Dickens character. In the end, three solid stars instead of two for the character of Ralph Nickelby and a few humorous situations with the theater group. Dickens 4th book, and 3rd novel, published in 1838-39 and cementing his speedy celebrity, Nickleby combines the angry social statements of Oliver Twist with something of the sense of sharp satire of The Pickwick Papers. True, neither Nicholas nor Kate exhibit much in the way of interesting features, but as Tintin-esque Everypeople, they are surrounded by a gallery of delightful characters. The Victorian pathos is there in spades, and some of it is really quite silly, but one can feel Dickens gaining such a sense of self-assuredness as he works through this novel, and the picaresque nature of Nickleby's travels will not be equalled by any of the other novels that feature extensive journeys. The acting troupe, the brutal world of Mantilini's dress shop, and the figure of Ralph Nickleby, who extends on Fagin's sparks of life to suggest that the author might one day be interested in creating characters with more than one-and-a-half dimensions. Excepting parts of Little Dorrit and David Copperfield, this is the Dickens novel that has the purest sense of fun, and combined with some of the powerful statements about the workhouse and the place of women, it's a very worthy read. To be honest, I think this is the height of the Dickens canon for several years, until Copperfield comes along. You know what you're getting yourself into with a Dickens book usually, humor, melodrama, intricate plots and absurd characters, and this was all that and more. There's a reason Dickens was such a celebrity in his day, he can tell quite an entertaining story. For me this book faltered a bit towards the end and I got the impression the author killed off Smike (poor Smike!) because he didn't quite know what to do with him, but it was still a very enjoyable read . Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsEveryman's Library (238) — 10 més Contingut aContéTé l'adaptacióAbreujat aTé una guia d'estudi per a estudiantsPremisLlistes notables
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
Debats actualsEP DLE Charles Dickens's THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY a Easton Press Collectors Cobertes populars
Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)823.8Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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The primary villain, his uncle Ralph, is a proto-Scrooge, a heartless and scheming older man who cares only for making money. The novel makes an early feint towards him developing a twinge of conscience and complication as provoked by feeling for his neice Kate, but Dickens quickly abandons that alleyway in favor of keeping him simple and one-dimensional. His ultimate end doesn't ring true, and seems calculated for mass appeal popularity.
The novel does have some fun episodic sojourns away from the main storyline, reminiscent of Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers. The theater troupe Nicholas briefly becomes part of in the country, with its eye-rolling Infant Phenomenon, is an entertaining diversion, as is the ridiculous female-flattering spendthrift Mr. Mantilini. His downfall is the most comic moment and perhaps the accidental highlight.
And then there is the Dickens prose, clever and surprising and sardonic and entertaining and brilliant as ever. Even when his plot and characters disappoint, his writing makes the 900 pages worth reading. He zings the hypocritical: and the feel-good delusions society tells itself: but my favorite passage could be this description of the apartment of Arthur Gride, Ralph Nickelby's fellow miser and conspirator, so illuminative of the space and of Gride: Absolutely brilliant, that. ( )