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Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
I'm a big fan of Uncle Ralph. He's one of the few Dickens baddies I find at all interesting.
The book itself is, I suppose, what you would expect from Dickens, containing: memorable and quirky characters, a sensitivity to the poor and wretched (which is where his best writing comes out, I think), a complicated plot where all characters end up being integral to the inevitable happy ending - complete with wife and fortune.
I also like that in this book the hero can actually do something. He can exact justice and protect his family's honor. There's no "please sir, I'd like some more", but more like, "you want some more?!" I suppose a critic might say that integrity makes a character uninteresting, but damn it, sometimes I want a hero.
The book itself is, I suppose, what you would expect from Dickens, containing: memorable and quirky characters, a sensitivity to the poor and wretched (which is where his best writing comes out, I think), a complicated plot where all characters end up being integral to the inevitable happy ending - complete with wife and fortune.
I also like that in this book the hero can actually do something. He can exact justice and protect his family's honor. There's no "please sir, I'd like some more", but more like, "you want some more?!" I suppose a critic might say that integrity makes a character uninteresting, but damn it, sometimes I want a hero.