The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Nicholas is forced into unwelcome employment to help secure support for his widowed mother and his sister from their mercenary uncle, Ralph, upon whose mercy they have been thrown. His sister, Kate, has to contend with the unwelcome attentions of her uncle's business associates. After many adventures Nicholas finally triumphs over his Uncle, although his success is also tinged with sadness. The book contains many memorable characters: the Yorkshire schoolmaster Wackford Squeers, the traveling thespian Vincent Crummles, the poor drudge Smike, the clerk Newman Noggs, and the wonderful and generous Brothers Cheeryble. (Summary by Chris Garbett)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 66
• Listed recording duration: 33:59:27

Catalogue topics

• dickens
• victorian
• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 66

1. 00 - Preface — 12:22
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 13:32
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 29:45
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 26:54
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 30:48
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 25:40
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 56:08
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 19:28
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 33:14
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 38:38
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 33:13
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 13:03
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 27:59
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 33:40
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 29:27
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 33:03
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 49:57
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 23:35
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 33:20
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 41:45
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 29:20
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 33:38
23. 22 - Chapter 22 — 38:56
24. 23 - Chapter 23 — 34:26

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