Characters

Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Published 1839

Scene: London, Portsmouth and the Country

Time: About 1830

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