The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2)

Written by:
Charles Dickens
Narrated by:
Mil Nicholson

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
25
Narrator
13
Release Date
August 2016
Duration
35 hours 40 minutes
Summary
Nicholas Nickleby is a young Devonshire man of nineteen, handsome and hot headed, devoted to his sister Kate and his parents. Following the death of Nicholas's father, they find themselves penniless, and travel to London to seek help from his uncle, Ralph Nickleby, a heartless, cunning rogue. He grudgingly finds employment for Nicholas in Dotheby Hall, a school in Yorkshire run by the brutal Mr. and Mrs. Wackford Squeers. Appalled at the condition and treatment of the school children, Nicholas rebels, escaping with Smike, a young man/child who has become devoted to him.

Meanwhile back in London, Ralph Nickleby uses his beautiful niece Kate to adorn dinner parties for his disreputable male clientele. He also acquires for her a position as a dressmaker, where she finds herself working under a despotic supervisor.

Nicholas, in search of employment, first tutors children of the Kenwigs family. Later he meets the flamboyant Mr.Vincent Crummles, and along with Smike, joins his theatrical troupe, with a band of hilarious actors. Among his many tasks, he creates posters, adapts scripts and acts in many productions.

Learning of Kate being in peril, he and Smike leave the troupe to come to her aid. Nicholas then meets with the wonderful Cheeryble brothers who help him start a new life with his family and Smike -- but Smike is captured by Wackford Squeers and returned to Dotheby Hall in Yorkshire. Nicholas goes to the school to rescue Smike, and faces off Mr.Squeers, in an unforgettable scene.

In the course of his many adventures, Nicholas falls in love, his sister Kate falls in love, and even the often dotty Mrs. Nickleby is courted by a strange man who flings vegetables to her as tokens of love.

Written when Dickens was himself a young man, Nicholas Nickleby is full of twists and turns, and adventures both merry and tragic, with, as always, many unforgettable characters. (Summary by Mil Nicholson)
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Bryan J

One of Charles dickens most precious books! The characters portrayed in this novel make me wish I knew them today. They certainly spur me on in wanting to be as helpful and amiable and persevering as Nicholas and Smike, the Brothers Cheerible and Tim Linkenwater. Narrator of this particular recording is fantastic! She reads in an even manner, engaging the listener with inflection, accent, and voices. Such a pleasure to listen to!

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Susan H.

This is a very long book but interesting and full of Dickens‘s inimitable descriptions and characters, brought to life by the versatile voice of Mil Nicholson who gives every character a different sound and accent (and there are dozens of them!) She is wonderful and worth all the hours it takes. I enjoyed the book while walking and doing chores.

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Cherie

Really loved it. Mil Nicholson read it beautifully.

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Anonymous

Excellent narration

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Anonymous

Dickens really is the master of story telling, enjoyed it from the beginning Narrator was excellent

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Gilvana Anjos

Mais uma história extraordinária de Dickens, e narrada esplêndidamente.

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Anonymous

I love the way the narrator tell the story!! Thank you so much, the narrator take me to the place where I think or imagined happen!!!❤️❤️

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