Nicholas Nickleby: personaggi, cronologia e luoghi

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Ralph NicklebyGodfrey’s son pursues profit, lends money at steep interest, and neglects his brother.Prima comparsa: chapter 1
Newman NoggsRalph’s poorly paid clerk has suffered financial ruin and now works in his office.Prima comparsa: chapter 2
NicholasRalph’s nephew accepts teaching work in Yorkshire after his father’s death leaves the family penniless.Prima comparsa: chapter 3
KateNicholas’s sister is among the penniless family left behind after their father’s death.Prima comparsa: chapter 3
Mrs. NicklebyRalph’s widowed sister-in-law faces poverty with her children after her husband’s death.Prima comparsa: chapter 3
Miss La CreevyShe provides rented rooms for the penniless Nickleby family.Prima comparsa: chapter 3
Wackford SqueersThe master of Dotheboys Hall beats a child and hires Nicholas as his assistant.Prima comparsa: chapter 4
SmikeAn abandoned boy at Dotheboys Hall, Smike suffers distress and rebukes from Squeers.Prima comparsa: chapter 7
John BrowdieMatilda Price’s fiancé grows angry when Nicholas gives her playful attention at a tea party.Prima comparsa: chapter 9
Charles CheerybleA sympathetic businessman helps Nicholas find work and secure a cottage for his family.Prima comparsa: chapter 35
Tim LinkinwaterA worker at the Cheerybles’ business, Tim warmly approves Nicholas’s careful bookkeeping.Prima comparsa: chapter 37
Frank CheerybleThe Cheeryble brothers’ nephew meets Nicholas after defending a woman’s name in a tavern quarrel.Prima comparsa: chapter 43
Madeline BrayA young woman supporting her father through skilled work, Madeline receives secret help from Charles Cheeryble.Prima comparsa: chapter 46
Arthur GrideA man seeking marriage to Madeline Bray, Gride offers Ralph money to help secure her consent.Prima comparsa: chapter 47

Chapter 3
After his father’s death, Nicholas accepts teaching work arranged by Ralph, who promises to help his mother and sister.
Chapter 7
Nicholas reaches Dotheboys Hall, meets the distressed Smike, and finds comfort in Newman’s offer of shelter.
Chapter 13
Nicholas stops Smike’s beating, overpowers Squeers, and leaves the school, later accepting Smike as his companion.
Chapter 19
Sir Mulberry Hawk humiliates Kate at Ralph’s dinner, and Ralph admits using her to attract business.
Chapter 22
Nicholas and Smike leave London seeking work and accept employment with Mr. Vincent Crummles’s theatrical company.
Chapter 28
Kate asks Ralph to protect her from Hawk’s harassment, but he refuses to risk his business interests.
Chapter 32
Returning to London, Nicholas overhears men mocking Kate and confronts Hawk in a violent struggle.
Chapter 33
Nicholas removes Kate from her employment, reunites the family, and sends Ralph a letter rejecting their relationship.
Chapter 35
Charles Cheeryble hears Nicholas’s story, and the brothers provide work and help secure a family cottage.
Chapter 38
Squeers captures Smike on his way home, beats him, and locks him up.
Chapter 39
John Browdie pretends to fall ill during a visit and secretly helps Smike escape.
Chapter 45
Snawley claims to be Smike’s father, but Nicholas refuses to surrender Smike against his wishes.
Chapter 46
Nicholas accepts Charles Cheeryble’s confidential request to help Madeline Bray by buying her work.
Chapter 47
Newman overhears Arthur Gride and Ralph planning to use Walter Bray’s debts to secure Madeline’s marriage.
Chapter 50
Lord Frederick opposes Hawk’s revenge plans, quarrels with him, and dies in their dawn duel.
Chapter 54
Nicholas and Kate interrupt Madeline’s wedding preparations, and her father’s sudden death frees her from the marriage scheme.
Chapter 57
Squeers secretly pockets a deed naming Madeline while Frank and Newman watch, then Newman strikes him unconscious.
Chapter 58
Nicholas cares for the dying Smike, who reveals his love for Kate and dies beside his friend.
Chapter 59
Ralph learns that Squeers’s arrest prompts Snawley to confess, but rejects the Cheeryble brothers’ offer of mercy.
Chapter 60
Ralph hears that Smike is dead and learns from Brooker that the boy is his own son.
Chapter 62
Ralph accepts Smike’s identity, rages at Nicholas’s care for him, and hangs himself in the garret.
Chapter 63
The Cheeryble brothers reveal Madeline’s recovered inheritance and approve her match with Nicholas and Kate’s match with Frank.
Chapter 64
News of Squeers’s punishment brings rebellion at Dotheboys Hall, where John Browdie prevents violence and encourages the pupils’ departure.
Chapter 65
Nicholas marries Madeline, Kate marries Frank, and Tim marries Miss La Creevy as their households gain security.
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