An animated feature from the Dickens Family Classics line, this adaptation introduces children to Charles Dickens's classic novel &NFi;Nicholas Nickleby&NFi_;. Left penniless when the head of the household dies, the Nickleby family seeks help from a cruel uncle, who hates young Nicholas and sends him off to teach at an orphanage. Aghast at the mistreatment of the orphans, Nicholas saves a young lad and becomes a dedicated humanitarian.