Nickleby
Victorian literary hero
Nickleby is a surname, best known from Charles Dickens's novel *Nicholas Nickleby* (1839), whose young protagonist struggles against poverty and villainy in Victorian England.
The name occasionally appears as a literary allusion to earnest, virtuous young men facing harsh circumstances: He had a Nickleby quality about him—noble but naive.
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- bildungsromanFiction of psychological maturation
- orphanChild whose parents died
- protagonistStory's central figure
Victorian fiction · morality tale · picaresque · adventure · satire · melodrama · philanthropy · cruelty
England's capital city
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- debtors' prisonJail for those owing money
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
penny dreadful · Queen Victoria · boarding school · counting house · stagecoach · chimney sweep · Victorian England · etiquette
Organized push for societal betterment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- child exploitationHarmful use of minors
- povertySevere lack of resources
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
villainy · redemption · virtue · benevolence · class struggle · morality · justice · compassion
Charles Dickens
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- bildungsromanFiction of psychological maturation
- orphanChild whose parents died
protagonist · Victorian fiction · morality tale · picaresque · adventure · satire · melodrama · philanthropy · cruelty · inheritance
London
England's capital city
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- debtors' prisonJail for those owing money
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
carriage · penny dreadful · Queen Victoria · boarding school · counting house · stagecoach · chimney sweep · Victorian England · etiquette · industrialization
social reform
Organized push for societal betterment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- child exploitationHarmful use of minors
- povertySevere lack of resources
greed · villainy · redemption · virtue · benevolence · class struggle · morality · justice · compassion · cruelty
Nicklebyvillain
Wicked story antagonist
antagonist · oppressor · exploiter · tyrant · scoundrel
Nicklebyexploiter
One who uses unfairly
abuser · oppressor · predator · taskmaster · slavedriver