A young man supports his mother and sister against a villainous uncle amid schools, actors, and swindlers. Dickens's sprawling early novel.
Books mentioned in Nicholas Nickleby (1)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “Only let him be tolerably well up in the Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet, with the slightest possible dab of red on the tip of his nose, and he'd be certain of three rounds the moment he put his head out of the practicable door in the front grooves O.”
Books that mention Nicholas Nickleby (4)
The Europeans by Henry James: “She had known nothing so delightful since the perusal of "Nicholas Nickleby."”
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott: “Rose liked to read aloud, and gladly gave him the chapter in "Nicholas Nickleby" where the Miss Kenwigses take their French lesson.”
Matilda by Roald Dahl: “Library reading list: "Matilda read the following books: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens..."”
Gai-Jin by James Clavell: “Same passage as Oliver Twist, above — genuine narrative discussion of Dickens's real body of work.”