In which Dickens novel is a nineteen-year-old left penniless with his mother and his sister Kate after his father's death?
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Correct answer: C. Nicholas Nickleby
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Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39): after a ruinous speculation kills his father, Nicholas takes his mother and Kate to London to seek help from their uncle Ralph.
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