Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby is relaunched as part of Penguin Classics, showcasing the work of a young novelist at the height of his powers. This book is truly one of the touchstones of the English comic novel. At the heart of the story is Nicholas Nickleby and the misfortunes of his family, around which Dickens created a cast of some of his most wonderful characters. Among them are the muddle headed Mrs Nickleby, the gloriously theatrical Crummles and their