# Mr. Kenwigs — Nicholas Nickleby character guide

> Mr. Kenwigs in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** one Mr. Kenwigs, Adopting Mr. Kenwigs

**First appearance:** 0014-xii

## Who they are

Mrs. Kenwigs's husband.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/xiv)

Host, proud of his family's high connections, and participates in the festivities.

### [Chapter XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Muffles the knocker to announce the birth, then becomes violently agitated upon learning of Mr. Lillyvick's marriage to Henrietta Petowker, lamenting the loss of expectations.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/lii)

Expresses outrage at Mr. Lillyvick's abandonment of the family, then reconciles after learning of Henrietta's elopement.

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