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Dotheboys Hall, from Nicolas Nickelby Nicholas Nickleby or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is Dickens' third novel, originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The story centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father death. Nicholas’s unpleasant, hateful Uncle Ralph finds Nicholas a low-paying job as an assistant to Wackford Squeers, who works as the schoolmaster at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire. Nicholas learns that Squeers takes unwanted children into his school and forces them to live under terrible conditions, pocketing most of the money their parents send for their upkeep. The lessons Squeers teaches are terrible, too, revealing his own lack of education. |
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1. 'This is twopenn'orth of Milk, is it Waiter?' | 2. 'Number one may take a Drink' | 3. 'Now, Nickleby, come tumble up, will you?' |
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4. 'There, this is our Shop, Nickleby!' | 5. 'Here, you Smike, take away now, look sharp!' | 6. Mr Squeers called up the first class |
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7. 'Mrs Squeers, my dear, will you take the money?' | 8. He encountered the upturned face of Smike | 9. Squeers caught the Boy firmly in his grip |
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10. 'Wretch! touch him at your peril' | 11. Nicholas beat the Ruffian till he roared for mercy | 12. 'Will you shake hands?' |
The Eatanswill Election A set of 6 magic lantern slides made by York & Son, England. The story is from Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers' and is set in a fictional constituency where riotous parliamentary elections take place. The name Eatanswill is derived from the words 'eat' and 'swill' (eat and drink). The candidates are Mr. Fizkin and Samuel Slumkey. |
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1. 'Slumkey for ever!' echoed Mr Pickwick, taking off his hat | 2. 'Well, Sam,' said Mr Pickwick |
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3. His coach was upset at that 'ere wery spot | 4. There was a grand band of trumpets, bassoons and drums |
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5. Six children in arms that you're to pat on the head | 6. 'Whiffin proclaims silence' |
Dickens' character sketches Several sets of magic lantern slides depicting Dickens' characters have been published and it is difficult to determine to which set the slides below belong. Quite a few of these slides are labelled 'J Cooper Sands' or with the initials 'J.C.S.'. This J.C. Sands was one who gave several lectures on Dickens and was the author of a dramatized version of the 'Pickwick Papers', 'The Pickwickians', a three-act play with clues as to the setting of the stage, etc. He could have used these slides for this purpose. A copy of the book is kept in the university library in Tilburg, the Netherlands. |
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Mr Pickwick enjoying cold punch | Alfred Jingle | Bill Sikes |
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Captain Cuttle | Codlin | The Game Chicken |
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The fat boy | Job Trotter | Major Bagstock |
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Mark Tapley | Mr Micawber | Dick Swiveller & the Marchioness |
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Sam Weller | Sarah Gamp | Tony Weller |
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Bob Sawyer | Mr Micawber & David | Mrs Jarley |
Extra. Magic lantern slide depicting Charles Dickens in his study at Gadshill. ![]() The slide has a triangular label with the name of the manufacturer, E. G. (Edward George) Wood in a corner, and was made around 1890. The dimensions are 8.2 x 8.2 cm. |
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