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Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby
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Join Mrs. Nicholson and Charles Dickens in an exuberant, youthful romp, and rise with young Nicholas to energetic heights of heroism, pathos, and comedy!
Course Description: In addition to cultivating artistic appreciation and a love of reading, this class facilitates the development of critical reasoning, the disciplined use of the imagination, and a strong knowledge of historical and literary context.
Instructor Bio: Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin, Oxford, or Dover editions recommended; other editions accepted)
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Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby
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Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
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Spring 2025
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Literature ➤ Early Modern/Victorian Literature
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High School
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January 16th, 2025 at 2:30 PM ET
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Live
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$119
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25 seats available
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10 seats remaining
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Literary-Critical Paper: Independent Study (available for all of Mrs. Nicholson's courses, live or recorded)
Introduction to the Nineteenth-Century (Emma, David Copperfield, The Warden, & Barchester Towers) (Victorian Classics)
Christmas with Dickens (Victorian Classics)
Gothic Book Club
Jane Austen, Part One
Jane Austen, Part Two
The Brontë Sisters (Victorian Classics)
Sensation Genre Novels (Victorian Classics)
Middlemarch (Victorian Classics)
Our Mutual Friend (Victorian Classics)
Nicholas Nickleby (Victorian Classics)
Dracula: Ignatius Critical Editions (editor)
A Bloody Habit (Ignatius Press, 2017)
The Letters of Magdalen Montague (Chrism Press, 2021)
Brother Wolf (Chrism Press, 2021)
The Hound of the Lord (children’s biography of St. Dominic, Ignatius 2023)
Wake of Malice (Chrism Press, 2024)
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Special notes
Special Notes: Includes an optional writing component.
Total classes
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Prerequisites
Willingness to read. Read Chapters 1-10 before Class 1.
Suggested grade level
Suggested credit
Outline
Week 1: Introduction, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 1-10.
Week 2: Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 11-22.
Week 3: Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 23-34.
Week 4: Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 35-45.
Week 5: Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 46-55.
Week 6: Nicholas Nickleby, Chapters 56-65; Review.
Materials
Homework
3 hours reading per week, 1 identification quiz per week; concluding thoughts assignment. A literary-critical writing project opportunity is available for extra credit.
Fees
Fee: For all 6 classes: $99 if you register on or before November 15; $119 if you register after Nov. 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
Mrs. Nicholson, our resident Victorian literature instructor, occasionally strays into fiction, including her epistolary novella, The Letters of Magdalen Montague (Kauffmann Publishing, 2011; Chrism Press, 2021), and her Gothic novels, A Bloody Habit (Ignatius Press, 2018) and Brother Wolf (Chrism Press, 2021). A former assistant executive editor for Dappled Things, she is an assistant editor for the Saint Austin Review (StAR), as well as the editor of several Ignatius Critical Editions of the classics and has collaborated with other editors to provide footnotes for numerous other works. Her work has appeared in the National Catholic Register and Touchstone, as well as with First Things and The Catholic Thing. By day, she and her husband, Dr. Sam Nicholson (Logic/Philosophy instructor), homeschool their five children. By night, Mrs. Nicholson reads the Victorians, writes Gothic novels, and cares for small children. Fun facts: Mrs. Nicholson has an extremely low tolerance for scary books and movies. She's still petrified of "The Speckled Band", and won't sleep in a room where the bed is under a vent. Also, one of Mrs. Nicholson's numerous sisters-in-law is middle school writing instructor Mrs. Bonnie Donlon. For more information, visit: eleanorbourgnicholson.com.
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