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Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

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After his father's death, Nicholas Nickleby seeks help from his uncle Ralph and takes work at a Yorkshire school. What he discovers there launches a struggle to protect himself, his sister, and those who depend on him from exploitation disguised as respectable business.

66 sections324,236 wordsAbout 24 h 34 min
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About Nicholas Nickleby

The novel travels through schools, theatrical lodgings, offices, and households, exposing different ways adults profit from the vulnerable. Nicholas's indignation drives the action, while eccentric allies supply generous comic energy. Dickens repeatedly tests the authority of institutions against the conduct of individuals who refuse to accept cruelty as simply the way things work.

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Follow a spirited family adventure across abusive schooling, theatrical life, and the clash between financial power and practical generosity.

This reading edition contains 324,236 words in 66 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Charles Dickens. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

This story was begun, within a few months after the publication of the completed “Pickwick Papers.” There were, then, a good many cheap Yorkshire schools in existence. There are very few now.

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Contents

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  1. AUTHOR’S PREFACE9 min
  2. CHAPTER 110 min
  3. CHAPTER 222 min
  4. CHAPTER 320 min
  5. CHAPTER 422 min
  6. CHAPTER 520 min
  7. CHAPTER 642 min
  8. CHAPTER 715 min
  9. CHAPTER 824 min
  10. CHAPTER 928 min
  11. CHAPTER 1025 min
  12. CHAPTER 1110 min
  13. CHAPTER 1221 min
  14. CHAPTER 1325 min
  15. CHAPTER 1421 min
  16. CHAPTER 1524 min
  17. CHAPTER 1635 min
  18. CHAPTER 1717 min
  19. CHAPTER 1825 min
  20. CHAPTER 1929 min
  21. CHAPTER 2022 min
  22. CHAPTER 2123 min
  23. CHAPTER 2228 min
  24. CHAPTER 2323 min
  25. CHAPTER 2430 min
  26. CHAPTER 2524 min
  27. CHAPTER 2620 min
  28. CHAPTER 2726 min
  29. CHAPTER 2831 min
  30. CHAPTER 2917 min
  31. CHAPTER 3029 min
  32. CHAPTER 3114 min
  33. CHAPTER 3219 min
  34. CHAPTER 3313 min
  35. CHAPTER 3429 min
  36. CHAPTER 3531 min
  37. CHAPTER 3615 min
  38. CHAPTER 3733 min
  39. CHAPTER 3828 min
  40. CHAPTER 3916 min
  41. CHAPTER 4032 min
  42. CHAPTER 4123 min
  43. CHAPTER 4221 min
  44. CHAPTER 4327 min
  45. CHAPTER 4428 min
  46. CHAPTER 4524 min
  47. CHAPTER 4627 min
  48. CHAPTER 4729 min
  49. CHAPTER 4821 min
  50. CHAPTER 4930 min
  51. CHAPTER 5027 min
  52. CHAPTER 5121 min
  53. CHAPTER 5224 min
  54. CHAPTER 5331 min
  55. CHAPTER 5422 min
  56. CHAPTER 5524 min
  57. CHAPTER 5624 min
  58. CHAPTER 5720 min
  59. CHAPTER 5812 min
  60. CHAPTER 5929 min
  61. CHAPTER 6023 min
  62. CHAPTER 6120 min
  63. CHAPTER 6212 min
  64. CHAPTER 6320 min
  65. CHAPTER 6417 min
  66. CHAPTER 655 min

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