LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Reading edition
Published 1839
Scene:London, Portsmouth and the Country
Time:About 1830
CHARACTERS
Nicholas NicklebyA young gentleman
Mrs. NicklebyHis mother
KateHis sister
Ralph NicklebyHis uncle
A miserly money-lender
NoggsRalph Nickleby's clerk
SqueersThe proprietor of Dotheboys Hall, a country school for boys
Mrs. SqueersHis wife
FannyTheir daughter
WackfordTheir son
SmikeA poor drudge at Dotheboys Hall
Befriended by Nicholas. In reality Ralph Nickleby's son
Madame MantaliniA London dressmaker
Kate's first employer
Mr. MantaliniHer husband
Miss KnagHer forewoman
Sir Mulberry HawkA dissolute man of the world
Lord Frederick VerisophtA young nobleman
Hawk's friend
Mr. Vincent CrummlesManager of a theater in Portsmouth
Mrs. CrummlesHis wife
NinettaTheir daughter
Known as "The Infant Phenomenon"
Mrs. WititterlyA would-be fashionable lady
Kate's second employer
The Cheeryble BrothersTwin merchants
Nicholas's benefactors
BrayA spendthrift and invalid
MadelineHis daughter
GrideA miser