LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY |
Published 1839 | Scene: | London, Portsmouth and the Country | | Time: | About 1830 | CHARACTERS | Nicholas Nickleby | A young gentleman | | Mrs. Nickleby | His mother | | Kate | His sister | | Ralph Nickleby | His uncle | | A miserly money-lender | | Noggs | Ralph Nickleby's clerk | | Squeers | The proprietor of Dotheboys Hall,
a country school for boys | | Mrs. Squeers | His wife | | Fanny | Their daughter | | Wackford | Their son | | Smike | A poor drudge at Dotheboys Hall | | Befriended by Nicholas. In reality Ralph Nickleby's son | | Madame Mantalini | A London dressmaker | | Kate's first employer | | Mr. Mantalini | Her husband | | Miss Knag | Her forewoman | | Sir Mulberry Hawk | A dissolute man of the world | | Lord Frederick Verisopht | A young nobleman | | Hawk's friend | | Mr. Vincent Crummles | Manager of a theater in Portsmouth | | Mrs. Crummles | His wife | | Ninetta | Their daughter | | Known as "The Infant Phenomenon" | | Mrs. Wititterly | A would-be fashionable lady | | Kate's second employer | | The Cheeryble Brothers | Twin merchants | | Nicholas's benefactors | | Bray | A spendthrift and invalid | | Madeline | His daughter | | Gride | A miser |
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