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 |