Nikolaas Nickleby

Nikolaas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

Nikolaas Nickleby is een jonge man die, na het overlijden van zijn vader, gedwongen wordt om te werken in een gruwelijke kostschool gerund door de wrede Mr. Squeers. De school is een symbool voor de misstanden in de Victoriaanse samenleving, waar armoede en onrechtvaardige praktijken aan de orde van de dag waren. De roman volgt Nickleby's reis terwijl hij de wreedheden van de kostschool aan de kaak stelt, op zoek naar een betere toekomst voor zichzelf en zijn zus Kate. Doorheen zijn avonturen ontmoet hij een reeks kleurrijke personages en raakt hij verwikkeld in intriges en liefdesaffaires. Dickens gebruikt humor en tragedie om de morele problemen van zijn tijd te belichten, met een scherpe kritiek op sociale ongelijkheid en de gebreken van het educatiesysteem.

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Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 18...

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