Thanks for reminding me what a great book Nicholas Nickleby is! It's been many years since reading it, but the school scenes stick with me, still. I believe there was a television adaptation of it back in the day, on PBS?
You’re reminding me not to sleep on reading more Dickens! I’ve only read David Copperfield and Great Expectations but you’ve made me more interested in continuing to read more from him. I’ve really enjoyed listening to his work on audio too. He does characterization and found family so well.
I love Simon Vance reading Dickens! He hasn't read them all, but I think I have all of the ones he narrates. I particularly like his reading of Little Dorrit, especially his portrayal of Mr Dorrit as he goes into his decline. I read somewhere that Newman Noggs (my favorite character) is sort of an alter ego of Nicholas Nickleby. This was my mom's favorite Dickens--she saw a two-night (9 hours!) stage adaptation done by the RSC in London back in the 1980s, I think.
