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Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1977. It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. Cast Nigel Havers as Nicholas Nickleby Peter Bourke as Smike Derek Godfrey as Ralph Nickleby Robert James as Newman Noggs Kate Nicholls as Kate Nickleby Hilary Mason as Mrs. Nickleby Malcolm Reid as Mr. Alfred Mantalini Derek Francis as Wackford Squeers Patricia Routledge as Madame Mantalini Patsy Smart as Miss La Creevy Anthony Ainley as Sir Mulberry Hawk Nigel Hughes as Lord Frederick Verisopht Denis Gilmore as Wackford Jnr Raymond Mason as Charles Cheeryble David Griffin as Frankie Cheeryble Preston Lockwood as Tim Linkinwater Andrew McCulloch as John Browdie John Hewer as Edwin Cherryble Ron Pember as Mr. Snawley Isabelle Amyes as Miss Fanny Squeers Hetty Baynes as Matilda Price Patricia Brake as Madeline Bray Edward Burnham as Mr. Lillyvick Anne Ridler as Mrs. Squeers Mark Teale as Belling Pauline Moran as Miss Petowker Dennis Edwards as Mr. Walter Bray Freddie Jones as Mr. Vincent Crummles Pauline Letts as Mrs. Crummles Paul Curran as Arthur Gride Liz Smith as Peg Sliderskew References Bibliography Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

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Notable quotes

“Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.”
— Ch. 1
“Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.”
— Ch. 15
“One of the many to whom, from straightened circumstances, a consequent inability to form the associations they would wish, and a disinclination to mix with the society they could obtain, London is as complete a solitude as the plains of Syria.”
— Ch. 20
“It is a hopeless endeavour to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.”
— Ch. 30
“It will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature [...] are among its worst and least pleasant samples.”
— Ch. 44
“Look to yourself, and heed this warning that I give you! Your day is past, and night is coming on.”
— Ch. 54

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Notable quotes

“Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.”
— Ch. 1
“Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.”
— Ch. 15
“One of the many to whom, from straightened circumstances, a consequent inability to form the associations they would wish, and a disinclination to mix with the society they could obtain, London is as complete a solitude as the plains of Syria.”
— Ch. 20
“It is a hopeless endeavour to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.”
— Ch. 30
“It will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature [...] are among its worst and least pleasant samples.”
— Ch. 44
“Look to yourself, and heed this warning that I give you! Your day is past, and night is coming on.”
— Ch. 54

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Nicholas Nickleby

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