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Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
A fine stepping stone of a novel in the Dickens canon.
Plot’s a bit twisted in the middle, but chugs along nicely. Fond of the early, though less memorably idiosyncratic characters here (Newman Noggs, the brothers Cheeryble, John Browdie, the timely fuckboy Mister Mantalini) and Boz sprinkles them in a little haphazardly albeit with zeal.
And the tangents! I love a great tangent but another reading may enlighten me as to the relevance of certain early digressions and tales wholly unconnected to the plot.
Mrs. Nickleby personifies tangents, and Chuck’s got us believing her scattered-brain manner results in premature prognostications, but it’s unclear whether she’s best perceived as a second banana in this comedy or a lens for reader empowerment. Maybe both. Definitely will read again.
Plot’s a bit twisted in the middle, but chugs along nicely. Fond of the early, though less memorably idiosyncratic characters here (Newman Noggs, the brothers Cheeryble, John Browdie, the timely fuckboy Mister Mantalini) and Boz sprinkles them in a little haphazardly albeit with zeal.
And the tangents! I love a great tangent but another reading may enlighten me as to the relevance of certain early digressions and tales wholly unconnected to the plot.
Mrs. Nickleby personifies tangents, and Chuck’s got us believing her scattered-brain manner results in premature prognostications, but it’s unclear whether she’s best perceived as a second banana in this comedy or a lens for reader empowerment. Maybe both. Definitely will read again.