The Illustrated Children'S Dickens Nicholas Nickleby By Charles Dickens (Stories Old And New) 1994

Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman. It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family to the delightful Mrs. Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his traveling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs, and many more.

Combining these with typically Dickensian elements of burlesque and farce, the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation. So great was the impact as it left Dickens' pen that many pirated versions appeared in print before the original was even finished.

Often neglected by critics, Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-century literature.