# Mr. Brooker — Nicholas Nickleby character guide

> Mr. Brooker in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brooker

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A mysterious man with a grudge against Ralph Nickleby.

## In the story

### [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 far.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/xliv)

Brooker, a former employee of Ralph, approaches him with a threat of revealing a secret, but Ralph rebuffs him.

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/lx)

Revealed as the man who brought Smike to Ralph's house and later placed him at Dotheboys Hall; now seeking money from Ralph.

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