Provenance: SIR DAVID WILKIE (1785-1841), Scottish genre and portrait painter, close friend of Dickens (presentation inscription from the author, autograph letter laid in) Alain de Suzannet (bookplate his sale Sotheby's, 22 November 1971, lot 45).ĪN EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, INSCRIBED ON THE DEDICATION LEAF TO THE PAINTER DAVID WILKIE: "Sir David Wilkie From his faithfully Charles Dickens." Wilkie was the godfather of Wilkie Collins and a close friend of Dickens. Contemporary dark green morocco, ruled in gilt, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Daniel Maclise in first state with imprint, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Many memorable characters are introduced, including Nicholas' malevolent Uncle Ralph, and the villainous Wackford Squeers, who operates an abusive all-boys boarding school at which Nicholas temporarily serves as a tutor.DICKENS, Charles. The tone of the work is that of ironic social satire, with Dickens taking aim at what he perceives to be social injustices. Much of the action takes place in London, with several chapters taking place in Dickens' birthplace of Portsmouth, as well as settings in Yorkshire and Devon. Like most of Dickens' early works, the novel has a contemporary setting. Dickens visited his school and based the school section of Nicholas Nickleby on his visit. The cruelty of a real Yorkshire schoolmaster named William Shaw became the basis for Dickens's brutal character of Wackford Squeers. When it was published the book was an immediate and complete success and established Dickens's lasting reputation. 'Nickleby' marks a new development in a further sense as it is the first of Dickens' romances. Dickens began writing 'Nickleby' while still working on Oliver Twist and while the mood is considerably lighter, his depiction of the Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers is as moving and influential as those of the workhouse and criminal underclass in Twist.
The style is considered to be episodic and humorous, though the second half of the novel becomes more serious and tightly plotted. The story first appeared in monthly parts, after which it was issued in one volume.
He returned to his favourite publishers and to the format that was considered so successful with The Pickwick Papers. Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens' third published novel. The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.
Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens.
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