by Charles Dickens - £7.99 Vintage (Vintage Classics) (2011)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780099540793 | ISBN 10: 0099540797
When Nicholas's father dies he, his mother and 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 masterpiece.
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