Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 3)
Charles Dickens
66 chapters · 31 h 37 min · English
Read by Peter John Keeble
General Fiction
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Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that include Wackford Squeers, the reprehensible and villainous headmaster whose reign of terror at his school in Yorkshire resulted in the abuse and deaths of many of his unwanted and orphaned children, Mr Vincent Crummles and his hilariously inept touring company, the munificent Cheeryble brothers, Ralph Nickleby, Nicholas's uncle, a mean spirited man who is driven by avarice and irrational hatred of his nephew, Smike a boy brutalised by Squeers and his family leaving him mentally and physically handicapped and Mrs Nickleby, Nicholas’s mother, who is pretentiously genteel and somewhat garrulous.
Chapters
1 Authors Preface 12 min 2 Chapter 1- Introduces All The Rest 13 min 3 Of Mr Ralph Nickleby, And His Establishments . . 28 min 4 Mr Ralph Nickleby receives sad tidings of his brother . . .The reader is informed how he liked Nicholas . . 25 min 5 Nicholas and his Uncle . . . wait upon Mr Wackford Squeers, the Yorkshire Schoolmaster 28 min 6 Nicholas starts for Yorkshire. Of his Leave-taking and his Fellow-Travellers . . 25 min 7 In which the Occurrence of the Accident . . . affords an Opportunity . . .to tell Stories against each other 52 min 8 Mr and Mrs Squeers at Home 19 min 9 Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall 31 min 10 Of Miss Squeers, Mrs Squeers, Master Squeers, and Mr Squeers . . 35 min 11 How Mr Ralph Nickleby provided for his Niece and Sister-in-Law 31 min 12 Newman Noggs inducts Mrs and Miss Nickleby into their New Dwelling in the City 12 min 13 Whereby the Reader will be enabled to trace the further course of Miss Fanny Squeer's Love . . 25 min 14 Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall . . 32 min 15 Having the Misfortune to treat of none but Common People . . 28 min 16 Acquaints the Reader with the Cause and Origin of the Interruption . . 30 min 17 Nicholas seeks to employ himself in a New Capacity . . 46 min 18 Follows the Fortunes of Miss Nickleby 22 min 19 Miss Knag, after doting on Kate Nickleby . . . makes up her Mind to hate her for evermore . . 32 min 20 Descriptive of a Dinner at Mr Ralph Nickleby's . . 38 min 21 Wherein Nicholas at length encounters his Uncle . . . His Resolution 27 min 22 Madam Mantalini finds herself in a Situation . . . and Miss Nickleby finds herself in no Situation at all 30 min 23 Nicholas, accompanied by Smike, sallies forth to seek his Fortune . . 34 min 24 Treats of the Company of Mr Vincent Crummles, and of his Affairs, Domestic and Theatrical 29 min 25 Of the Great Bespeak for Miss Snevellicci . . 39 min 26 Concerning a young Lady from London . . . and an elderly Admirer who follows in her Train . . 31 min 27 Is fraught with some Danger to Miss Nickleby's Peace of Mind 25 min 28 Mrs Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck . . 35 min 29 Miss Nickleby, rendered desperate by the Persecution of Sir Mulberry Hawk . . . appeals. . . to her Uncle for Protection 40 min 30 Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and certain Internal Divisions in the Company . . 21 min 31 Festivities are held in honour of Nicholas . . 37 min 32 Of Ralph Nickleby and Newman Noggs . . 17 min 33 Relating chiefly to some remarkable Conversation, and some remarkable Proceedings . . 25 min 34 In which Mr. Ralph Nickleby is relieved, by a very expeditious Process, from all Commerce with his Relations 16 min 35 Wherein Mr. Ralph Nickleby is visited by Persons with whom the Reader has been already made acquainted 36 min 36 Smike becomes known to Mrs. Nickleby and Kate. Nicholas also meets with new Acquaintances . . 38 min 37 Private and confidential; relating to Family Matters . . . Mr Kenwigs underwent violent Agitation . . . Mrs. Kenwigs was as well as could be expected 19 min 38 Nicholas finds further Favour in the Eyes of the brothers Cheeryble and Mr Timothy Linkinwater . . 42 min 39 Comprises certain Particulars arising out of a Visit of Condolence . . . Smike unexpectedly encounters a very old Friend . . 36 min 40 In which another old Friend encounters Smike, very opportunely . . 20 min 41 In which Nicholas falls in Love. . . 40 min 42 Containing some Romantic Passages between Mrs. Nickleby and the Gentleman in the Small-clothes next Door 28 min 43 Illustrative of the convivial Sentiment, that the best of Friends must sometimes part 25 min 44 Officiates as a kind of Gentleman Usher, in bringing various People together 34 min 45 Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance . 35 min 46 Containing Matter of a surprising Kind 30 min 47 Throws some Light upon Nicholas's Love, but whether for Good or Evil the Reader must determine 34 min 48 Mr. Ralph Nickleby has some confidential Intercourse with another old Friend. . 37 min 49 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and positively his last Appearance on this Stage 27 min 50 Chronicles the further Proceedings of the Nickleby Family, and the Sequel of the Adventure of the Gentleman in the Small-clothes 37 min 51 Involves a serious Catastrophe 34 min 52 The Project of Mr. Ralph Nickleby and his Friend approaching a successful Issue, becomes unexpectedly known to another Party . . 27 min 53 Nicholas despairs of rescuing Madeline Bray . . 30 min 54 Containing the further Progress of the Plot contrived by Mr. Ralph Nickleby and Mr. Arthur Gride 40 min 55 The Crisis of the Project and its Result 27 min 56 Of Family Matters, Cares, Hopes, Disappointments, and Sorrows 29 min 57 Ralph Nickleby, baffled by his Nephew in his late Design, hatches a Scheme of Retaliation . . 30 min 58 How Ralph Nickleby's Auxiliary went about his Work, and how he prospered with it 26 min 59 In which one Scene of this History is closed 14 min 60 The Plots begin to fail, and Doubts and Dangers to disturb the Plotter 36 min 61 The Dangers thicken, and the Worst is Told 27 min 62 Wherein Nicholas and his Sister forfeit the good Opinion of all worldly and prudent People 24 min 63 Ralph makes one last Appointment, and keeps it 14 min 64 The Brothers Cheeryble make various Declarations for themselves and others . . 23 min 65 An old Acquaintance is recognised . . . and Dotheboys Hall breaks up for ever 22 min 66 Conclusion 7 min
