Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 36: riassunto
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In Chapter 36, Mr. Kenwigs celebrates the birth of a son and boasts about his children's expected inheritance, until Nicholas reports that Mr. Lillyvick has married Henrietta Petowker. The news overturns his confidence in the family's prospects, provokes a furious outburst, and leaves Nicholas and the doctor helping him to bed.
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- Mr. Kenwigs muffles the unused door knocker to mark his wife's confinement and celebrates the arrival of their sixth child.
- Dr. Lumbey praises the family, while Mr. Kenwigs boasts about his children's expected inheritances and his wife's former beauty.
- Nicholas visits with toys and delivers Mr. Lillyvick's message announcing his marriage to Henrietta Petowker.
- Mr. Kenwigs denounces the marriage, frightens his daughters, and angrily rejects the newborn because he expects no inheritance.
- Nicholas and the doctor explain his distress, help him upstairs, and leave him sleeping as the household settles.
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Mr. Kenwigs’s complaint about the newborn exposes how strongly expected money shapes his response to family life.
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What news causes Mr. Kenwigs's outburst?
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