Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 4: riassunto
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In Chapter 4, Ralph Nickleby secures Nicholas Nickleby a position at Dotheboys Hall, whose master, Wackford Squeers, beats a child and bargains with a stepfather who wants two boys kept away from home. Nicholas welcomes the appointment as a chance to advance, but Newman Noggs responds to his hopeful account with disturbing gestures.
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- At the Saracen’s Head Inn, Squeers strikes Master Belling without cause, then pretends to comfort him when a prospective customer arrives.
- Snawley pays to send his stepsons to Dotheboys Hall, agreeing to restricted letters, no holidays, and regular payments.
- Ralph brings Nicholas to answer Squeers’s advertisement for an assistant and pressures him to accept the opportunity.
- After a private discussion with Ralph, Squeers appoints Nicholas and instructs him to arrive before the next morning’s coach departs.
- Nicholas thanks Ralph, delivers his papers to Golden Square, and describes his prospects to Newman Noggs.
- Noggs responds with grimaces and cracking knuckles, and Nicholas leaves, thinking him drunk.
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Squeers reduces his agreement with Snawley to money and freedom from scrutiny. The statement exposes the priorities beneath their claims about morals.
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Why does Snawley want his stepsons sent far away?
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