Nicholas Nickleby(Wordsworth Classics)尼古拉斯·尼克尔贝
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作者： Charles Dickens 著
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出版时间： 1998-1-1字数：版次： 1页数： 776印刷时间： 1998-1-1开本： 大32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9781853262647包装： 平装
Nicholas Nickleby,a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times,must set out to make his way in the world.Along the way various older,money-grubbing villains attempt to injure him.Eventually,with the assistance of kind patrons,he and his family achieve economic security and a happy home.Sounds rather trite,doesn't it? Not with characters written by Dickens(Hard Times,Audio Reviews,LJ 5/1/98).Schoolmaster Squeers would make a fine poster boy for child abusers.Ralph Nickleby's initial desire to injure Nicholas gradually develops into a full-blown obsession.Then there are the kind Cheeryble brothers,the gentle,much-abused Smike,and a host of other friends who provide comic relief.Martin Jarvis does an outstanding job of reading this book.His ingenues sound young(a frequent problem area for male readers)while his villains are deliciously evil.The only problems are with the abridgment.In several places,choppy editing has left brief,disconnected scenes and/or character cameos without relevance to the abridged tale.Still,this is a charming presentation and a wonderful bridge to a classic book.Recommended for public and academic libraries.
INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
I Introduces all the rest
II Of Mr Ralph Nickleby,and his establishment,and his undertakings,and of a great joint-stock company of vast national importance
II Mr Ralph Nickleby receives sad tidings of his brother,but bears up nobly against the intelligence communicated to him.The reader is informed bow he liked Nicholas,who is herein introduced,and bow kindly be proposed to make his fortune at once
IV Nicholas and his uncle(to secure the fortune without loss of time)wait upon Mr Wackford gqueers,the Yorkshire schoolmaster
V Nicholas starts for Yorkshire.Of his leave-taking and his fellow-travellers,and what befell them on the road
VI In which the occurrence of the accident mentioned in the last chapter,affords an opportunity to a couple of gentlemen to tell stories against each other
VII Mr and Mrs Squeers at borne
VIII Of the internal economy of Dotbeboys Hall
IX Of Miss Squeers,Mrs Squeers,Master Squeers,and Mr Squeers; and of various matters and persons connected no less with the Squeerses than
Nicholas Nickleby
X How Mr Ralph Nickleby provided for his niece and sister-in-law
XI Newman Noggs inducts Mrs and Miss Nickleby into their new dwelling in the City
XII Whereby the reader will be enabled to trace the further course of Miss Fanny Squeers's love,and to ascertain whether it ran smooth or otherwise
XIII Nicholas varies the monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding,which leads to consequences of some importance
XXV Having the misfortune to treat of none but common people,is necessarily of a mean and vulgar character
XV Acquaints the reader with the cause and origin of the interruption described in the last chapter,and with some other matters necessary to be known
XVI Nicholas seeks to employ himself in a new capacity,and,being unsuccesful,accepts an engagement as tutor in a private family
XVII Follows the fortunes of Miss Nickleby
XVIII Miss Knag,after doting on Kate Nickleby for three whole days,makes up her mind to hate her for evermore.The causes which led Miss Knag to form this resolution
XIX Descriptive of a dinner at Mr Ralph Nickleby's,and of the manner in which the company entertained themselves,before dinner,at dinner,and after dinner
XX Wherein Nicholas at length encounters his uncle,to whom he expresses his sentiments with much candour.His resolution
XXI Madam Mantalini finds herself in a situation of some difficulty,and Miss Nickleby finds herself in no situation at all
XXII Nicholas,accompanied by Smike,sallies forth to seek his fortune.He encounters Mr Vincent Crummles; and who he was,is herein made manifest
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LXV Conclusion
NOTES