"Nicholas Engaged as Tutor in a Private Family" (August 1838), an illustration for Nicholas Nickleby by "Phiz"

Nicholas Engaged as Tutor in a Private Family

Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)

Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby

1838

Steel engraving

Source: J. A. Hammerton, The Dickens Picture-Book, p. 153.

Image scan and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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The four Miss Kenwigses sat in a row, while Miss Petowker, Mrs. Kenwigs, and Mr. Lillyvick looked on. [Ch. 16]

Returned from Yorkshire to London, Nicholas casts about him for a suitable situation, turning down the ignominious position of secretary to Member of Parliament Mr. Gregsbury, but agreeing to act as private French tutor the daughters of Newman Nogg's neighbours, the Kenwigses, for the sum of five shillings per week. He assumes the name of 'Johnson'.

References

Hammerton, J. A. The Dickens Picture-Book. London: Educational Book, 1910.

Last modified 11 April 2009