He hopes for help from his rich Uncle Ralph. When his father dies a poor man, Nicholas Nickleby goes to London with his mother and sister, Kate. So Nicholas takes a teaching job at Dotheboys Hall - a terrible school belonging to Mr Wackford Squeers. But Ralph Nickleby is only interested in making money. Leaving Dotheboys, Nicholas makes both friends and enemies on his journey towards better things. There he helps a poor boy called Smike who has no one to look after him. But will Smike, who travels with him, ever find the happy family life that he so dearly wants?
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