Dick, who enjoys flying a large kite and working on a memoir called Memorial. Miss Betsey also cares for an elderly man named Mr.
They bond quickly, and she affectionately nicknames him “Trot” (after her own last name, Trotwood). Micawber ends up in debtor’s prison, and David must find a new home.ĭavid walks from London to his Aunt Betsey, who charitably agrees to raise David.
Micawber experiences financial struggles, and confides these struggles to David. There, David forms a close bond with his landlord, Mr. Murdstone sends David to work for a wine bottling company in London. He returns home to grieve for their loss, and briefly lives with the Murdstones, who attempt to see him as little as possible. When David is ten, he receives the news that his mother and baby brother have died. Steerforth is handsome, wealthy, and manipulative, and David allows himself to be used with the hope of earning Steerforth’s favor. David is far more entranced, however, by an older student named James Steerforth. Despite this hostile environment, David becomes close with Tommy Traddles, a boy who is fat and awkward, but kind. Creakle, who is known for harshly beating students. Salem House is run by a headmaster named Mr. Murdstone responds by sending David to a boarding school called Salem House. One day, David retaliates against a beating from his stepfather by biting Mr. Murdstone and his sister are domineering and abusive toward David and his mother. Murdstone’s sister has also moved into their house. David spends much of his time playing by the sea with Little Em’ly, and grows to love her.ĭavid returns to find that his mother has remarried Mr. Gummidge-and several orphaned children, including a boy called Ham and a pretty girl called Little Em’ly. Peggotty’s family is composed of her brother, the widow of her brother’s former co-worker-Mrs. Murdstone courts David’s mother, Peggotty takes him to spend time with her family in an odd houseboat on the beach of Yarmouth. His life is complicated, however, when his mother meets an older man named Edward Murdstone. Until the age of seven, he lives a happy life with his young mother, Clara Copperfield, and loyal housekeeper, Clara Peggotty. David is born in Suffolk, England, six months after his father’s death.
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