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Format: Abridged-CD
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: Dec 1969
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 880
Dickens' third novel, and Paul McCartney's favorite book When Nicholas's father dies he, his mother, and his sister, Kate, are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Dickens confronts issues of neglect and cruelty in this blackly comic masterpeice.