Reread Nicholas Nickleby and feeling disappointed.

He is indeed a child of fortune in the latter half. Recuited into house of finance at tender ages, a prodigy of book keeping who supports his family, defeats his uncle, wins the love of a bee-yootiful young lady who has a secret fortune which is restored miraculously etc etc etc

mmph.. I wonder why I enjoyed it so much before. The only thing that I still founf excellent are the miscellaneous supporting characters. Dickens is always stellar for those and the Kenwigs and Crummles do not disappoint...