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Nicholas Nickleby

par Charles Dickens · 66 parties · about 26 hours 45 minutes de lecture

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Nicholas Nickleby est un jeune homme gentil dont le père vient de mourir, laissant la famille avec presque rien. Son oncle Ralph fait semblant de les aider, mais en vérité il veut se servir d'eux. Nicholas est envoyé dans une école terrible dans le Yorkshire, où le maître, M. Squeers, affame et bat ses élèves. Nicholas prend la défense d'un garçon souffrant nommé Smike, et sa courageuse sœur Kate doit affronter ses propres dangers à Londres.

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Chapitres

Author's Preface10 min Chapter 1: Introduces all the Rest10 min Chapter 2: Of Mr. Ralph Nickleby, and his Establishments, and his Undertakings, and of a great Joint Stock Company of vast national Importance23 min Chapter 3: Mr. Ralph Nickleby receives Sad Tidings of his Brother, but bears up nobly against the Intelligence communicated to him. The Reader is informed how he liked Nicholas, who is herein introduced, and how kindly he proposed to make his Fortune at once21 min Chapter 4: Nicholas and his Uncle (to secure the Fortune without loss of time) wait upon Mr. Wackford Squeers, the Yorkshire Schoolmaster23 min Chapter 5: Nicholas starts for Yorkshire. Of his Leave-taking and his Fellow-Travellers, and what befell them on the Road21 min Chapter 6: In which the Occurrence of the Accident mentioned in the last Chapter, affords an Opportunity to a couple of Gentlemen to tell Stories against each other45 min Chapter 7: Mr. and Mrs. Squeers at Home16 min Chapter 8: Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall25 min Chapter 9: Of Miss Squeers, Mrs. Squeers, Master Squeers, and Mr. Squeers; and of various Matters and Persons connected no less with the Squeerses than Nicholas Nickleby30 min Chapter 10: How Mr. Ralph Nickleby provided for his Niece and Sister-in-Law26 min Chapter 11: Newman Noggs inducts Mrs. and Miss Nickleby into their New Dwelling in the City10 min Chapter 12: Whereby the Reader will be enabled to trace the further course of Miss Fanny Squeer’s Love, and to ascertain whether it ran smooth or otherwise22 min Chapter 13: Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding, which leads to Consequences of some Importance27 min Chapter 14: Having the Misfortune to treat of none but Common People, is necessarily of a Mean and Vulgar Character23 min Chapter 15: Acquaints the Reader with the Cause and Origin of the Interruption described in the last Chapter, and with some other Matters necessary to be known25 min Chapter 16: Nicholas seeks to employ himself in a New Capacity, and being unsuccessful, accepts an engagement as Tutor in a Private Family38 min Chapter 17: Follows the Fortunes of Miss Nickleby18 min Chapter 18: Miss Knag, after doting on Kate Nickleby for three whole Days, makes up her Mind to hate her for evermore. The Causes which led Miss Knag to form this Resolution26 min Chapter 19: Descriptive of a Dinner at Mr. Ralph Nickleby’s, and of the Manner in which the Company entertained themselves, before Dinner, at Dinner, and after Dinner31 min Chapter 20: Wherein Nicholas at length encounters his Uncle, to whom he expresses his Sentiments with much Candour. His Resolution23 min Chapter 21: Madam Mantalini finds herself in a Situation of some Difficulty, and Miss Nickleby finds herself in no Situation at all25 min Chapter 22: Nicholas, accompanied by Smike, sallies forth to seek his Fortune. He encounters Mr. Vincent Crummles; and who he was, is herein made manifest30 min Chapter 23: Treats of the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and of his Affairs, Domestic and Theatrical25 min Chapter 24: Of the Great Bespeak for Miss Snevellicci, and the first Appearance of Nicholas upon any Stage32 min Chapter 25: Concerning a young Lady from London, who joins the Company, and an elderly Admirer who follows in her Train; with an affecting Ceremony consequent on their Arrival25 min Chapter 26: Is fraught with some Danger to Miss Nickleby’s Peace of Mind21 min Chapter 27: Mrs. Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck, whose Affection and Interest are beyond all Bounds28 min Chapter 28: Miss Nickleby, rendered desperate by the Persecution of Sir Mulberry Hawk, and the Complicated Difficulties and Distresses which surround her, appeals, as a last resource, to her Uncle for Protection33 min Chapter 29: Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and certain Internal Divisions in the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles18 min Chapter 30: Festivities are held in honour of Nicholas, who suddenly withdraws himself from the Society of Mr. Vincent Crummles and his Theatrical Companions31 min Chapter 31: Of Ralph Nickleby and Newman Noggs, and some wise Precautions, the success or failure of which will appear in the Sequel15 min Chapter 32: Relating chiefly to some remarkable Conversation, and some remarkable Proceedings to which it gives rise20 min Chapter 33: In which Mr. Ralph Nickleby is relieved, by a very expeditious Process, from all Commerce with his Relations14 min Chapter 34: Wherein Mr. Ralph Nickleby is visited by Persons with whom the Reader has been already made acquainted31 min Chapter 35: Smike becomes known to Mrs. Nickleby and Kate. Nicholas also meets with new Acquaintances. Brighter Days seem to dawn upon the Family34 min Chapter 36: Private and confidential; relating to Family Matters. Showing how Mr Kenwigs underwent violent Agitation, and how Mrs. Kenwigs was as well as could be expected16 min Chapter 37: Nicholas finds further Favour in the Eyes of the brothers Cheeryble and Mr. Timothy Linkinwater. The brothers give a Banquet on a great Annual Occasion. Nicholas, on returning Home from it, receives a mysterious and important Disclosure from the Lips of Mrs. Nickleby35 min Chapter 38: Comprises certain Particulars arising out of a Visit of Condolence, which may prove important hereafter. Smike unexpectedly encounters a very old Friend, who invites him to his House, and will take no Denial30 min Chapter 39: In which another old Friend encounters Smike, very opportunely and to some Purpose17 min Chapter 40: In which Nicholas falls in Love. He employs a Mediator, whose Proceedings are crowned with unexpected Success, excepting in one solitary Particular34 min Chapter 41: Containing some Romantic Passages between Mrs. Nickleby and the Gentleman in the Small-clothes next Door25 min Chapter 42: Illustrative of the convivial Sentiment, that the best of Friends must sometimes part22 min Chapter 43: Officiates as a kind of Gentleman Usher, in bringing various People together29 min Chapter 44: Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance. It would also appear from the Contents hereof, that a Joke, even between Husband and Wife, may be sometimes carried too far30 min Chapter 45: Containing Matter of a surprising Kind26 min Chapter 46: Throws some Light upon Nicholas’s Love; but whether for Good or Evil the Reader must determine29 min Chapter 47: Mr. Ralph Nickleby has some confidential Intercourse with another old Friend. They concert between them a Project, which promises well for both32 min Chapter 48: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and positively his last Appearance on this Stage22 min Chapter 49: Chronicles the further Proceedings of the Nickleby Family, and the Sequel of the Adventure of the Gentleman in the Small-clothes32 min Chapter 50: Involves a serious Catastrophe29 min Chapter 51: The Project of Mr. Ralph Nickleby and his Friend approaching a successful Issue, becomes unexpectedly known to another Party, not admitted into their Confidence22 min Chapter 52: Nicholas despairs of rescuing Madeline Bray, but plucks up his Spirits again, and determines to attempt it. Domestic Intelligence of the Kenwigses and Lillyvicks25 min Chapter 53: Containing the further Progress of the Plot contrived by Mr. Ralph Nickleby and Mr. Arthur Gride34 min Chapter 54: The Crisis of the Project and its Result24 min Chapter 55: Of Family Matters, Cares, Hopes, Disappointments, and Sorrows26 min Chapter 56: Ralph Nickleby, baffled by his Nephew in his late Design, hatches a Scheme of Retaliation which Accident suggests to him, and takes into his Counsels a tried Auxiliary25 min Chapter 57: How Ralph Nickleby’s Auxiliary went about his Work, and how he prospered with it22 min Chapter 58: In which one Scene of this History is closed12 min Chapter 59: The Plots begin to fail, and Doubts and Dangers to disturb the Plotter31 min Chapter 60: The Dangers thicken, and the Worst is told24 min Chapter 61: Wherein Nicholas and his Sister forfeit the good Opinion of all worldly and prudent People21 min Chapter 62: Ralph makes one last Appointment--and keeps it12 min Chapter 63: The Brothers Cheeryble make various Declarations for themselves and others. Tim Linkinwater makes a Declaration for himself21 min Chapter 64: An old Acquaintance is recognised under melancholy Circumstances, and Dotheboys Hall breaks up for ever18 min Chapter 65: Conclusion5 min