72 pages • 2 hours read
Charles DickensA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
At Dick Swiveller’s apartments on Drury Lane, Dick and Frederick discuss the grandfather’s health and the inheritance he will leave behind. Originally, the money was to be split between Frederick and Nell, but now Frederick assumes the total sum will go to Nell alone. Frederick explains that because of how the grandfather raised Nell, she will be quite easy to manipulate into marrying Dick. Frederick proposes his plan to Dick, who seems taken aback since Nell is only 13. The two discuss Nell’s eligibility for marriage in three to four years. A letter arrives for Dick, reminding him of a party that evening. Dick says he will attend, if only to initiate a breakup with his current romantic interest, Sophia Wackles.
Dick orders food brought in for himself and Frederick. A nearby eatery denies his order, as he has a substantial unsettled account with them; Dick sends a messenger to a more distant establishment, which does send a hearty meal. Frederick chides Dick for his many debts to local shops and restaurants because Dick now has to keep track of where he travels, lest a proprietor stop him and demand payment. As Dick prepares for the party that evening, he devises a plan for how to break up with Sophia: He intends to feign jealousy so that he can start a fight and then use that argument as a reason to leave her.
By Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty
Charles Dickens
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens
The Signal-Man
Charles Dickens