# Peg Sliderskew — Nicholas Nickleby character guide

> Peg Sliderskew in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Peg, the discreet Peg, The unconscious Peg

**First appearance:** 0046-xliv

## Who they are

Arthur Gride's deaf and cunning housekeeper.

## In the story

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

Gride's deaf and ugly housekeeper, who is called upon and later brushed past by Newman.

### [The Crisis of the Project and Its Result](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/liv)

Grumbles resentfully about Gride's marriage, feeling slighted and suspicious.

### [How Ralph Nickleby's auxiliary went about his work, and how he prospered with it.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicholas_nickleby_se/chapters/lvii)

Peg is visited by Squeers in her wretched garret; she delights in hearing about Arthur Gride's wedding humiliation and is persuaded to show Squeers the stolen documents.

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