# Mr. Godfrey Nickleby — Nicholas Nickleby character guide

> Mr. Godfrey Nickleby in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** one Mr. Godfrey Nickleby

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Nicholas's deceased father.

## In the story

### [Nicholas Nickleby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/nicholas-nickleby)

The deceased father of Nicholas Nickleby (the elder), whose death sets the story in motion.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/i)

The father of Ralph and Nicholas Nickleby; inherits a fortune from his uncle and retires to a farm in Devonshire.

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/lviii)

His grave is visited by Nicholas and Smike; Nicholas recalls his father's wish to be buried where Kate once slept.

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