books.google.com - After his father's death, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother and sister are at the mercy of his cold and unfeeling Uncle Ralph. Keen to rid himself of his nephew, Ralph sends Nicholas to work for a wicked master in a Yorkshire boarding school. Unable to bear the cruelty he witnesses he flees Yorkshire and...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Nicholas_Nick.html?id=NdYNAAAAQAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
