Depicts the joyless existences of the citizens of the imaginary mid-Victorian city of Coketown, whose workers toil endlessly for factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and whose students drudge for utilitarian educator Thomas Gradgrind
Paul Schlicke Knihy
Paul Schlicke je medzinárodne uznávaný odborník na dielo Charlesa Dickensa. Vo svojej práci sa zameriava na život a dielo jedného z najväčších britských spisovateľov, pričom čerpá z mimoriadne rozmanitých informácií. Schlicke vrhá nové a často nečakané svetlo na najznámejšie Dickensove diela a skúma zážitky, udalosti a literatúru, ktoré ho formovali. Jeho prístup ponúka hlbšie pochopenie majstra románu.
Oxford World's Classics: Nicholas Nickleby
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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 travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs and many more.
