Nicholas Nickleby - Macmillan Education

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Contents1 The Nickleby family history 32 Mr Wackford Squeers 123 Dotheboys Hall 214 Letters from home 305 Smike 396 The Nicklebys in London 487 A young lady, a kidnapping and a rescue 568 Smike and Madeline in danger 659 A wedding is stopped, and a man goes to prison 7310 Back to Devon 82Billy McBone 90A Victorian school 92About the author 96
Chapter 1The Nickleby family historyRalph and Nicholas Nickleby were brothers. They livedaon a farm in Devon with their mother and father. Thebrothers stayed at school during the week but they wenthome to see their parents each weekend.One Saturday evening, the two brothers were sitting bythe fire with their mother.‘Tell us about when you were young, Mother,’ saidRalph.‘When we got married, your father and I were verypoor,’ their mother replied. ‘We never had enough moneyfor food and life was very hard.’‘We’re not poor now, Mother,’ said Ralph.‘No – one day, your father’s uncle died and left himfive thousand pounds!’‘Five thousand pounds! That’s a lot of money!’said Nicholas.3
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