02223nam a2200277 a 4500 506256797 100125s2010 enk 000 0 eng d 9780194248860 (pbk.) 0194248860 (pbk.) NLE NLE YDXCPZ OKC BD-DhAAL 823/.8 22 Herdon, Tim. Nicholas Nickleby / Charles Dickens ; text adaptation by Tim Herdon ; illustrated by Simon Gurr. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. 67 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm. Dominoes. Two Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford Squeers. Nicholas decides to escape, taking with him the orphan Smike, one of Squeers's most abused young charges, and the two embark on a series of adventurous encounters with an array of humanity's worst and best -- greedy fools, corrupt lechers, cheery innocents, and selfless benefactors. Though one of Dickens's earliest works, Nicholas Nickleby features many of his familiar trademarks : a long, complex plot full of surprising twists, unexpected revelations, and jaw-dropping coincidences; a crowded cast of colorful (and memorably named) characters, among them Vincent Crummles, Newman Noggs, and Sir Mulberry Hawk; and an emotionally potent mix of wildly exuberant comedy, deeply moving melodrama, and passionate social criticism fueled by Dickens's own childhood experiences of poverty and injustice. 00025198 Reading grade level: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th grades. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Adaptations. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Nicholas Nickleby. Gurr, Simon. Dominoes. Level two. Ayesha Abed Library General shelf. 12267 12267 0 0 ddc 0 823_800000000000000_DIC 0 20314 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2012-05-27 165.00 0 823.8 DIC 3010025198 2012-05-27 1 2012-05-27 BK Transferred from BIL to BRACUL on 06/06/22