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NOVEL :- DA VID
COPPER FIELD
•ABOUT THE
NOVEL

Charles Dickens
Author Charles Dickens
Original title The Personal History,
Adventures, Experience and
Observation
of David Copperfield the
Younger of Blunder stone
Rookery (which he never meant
to publish on any account)
Illustrator Harlot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Cover artist Harlot Knight Browne Phiz
Country England
Language: English

Series: Monthly: May 1849 – November

1850

Genre(s): Fiction Social criticism

Publication date: 1850

Media type: Print (Serial, Hardback, and

paperback)
Pages 721
Preceded by Dombey and Son
Followed by Bleak House

David Copperfield or The Personal History, Adventures,

Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
of Blunder stone Rookery (which he never mean
to publish on any account) is a novel by Charles Dickens, first
published as a novel in 1850. Like most of his works,
it originally appeared in serial from a year earlier.
Many element within the novel follow events in Dickens'
own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of
his novels. In the preface to the 1867 Charles Dickens edition,
he wrote, "… like many fond parents, I have in my heart of
hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield."
 AUTHOR
Charles John Huffam Dickens
(7 February 1812 — 9 June 1870),
pen-name "Boz", was an English novelist.
During his career Dickens achieved
massive worldwide popularity, winning
acclaim for his rich storytelling and memorable characters.
Considered one of the English language's greatest writers,
he was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era as well as a
vigorous social campaigner.
 Later critics, beginning with George Gissing and G.K
.Chesterton, championed his mastery of prose, his endless
invention of memorable characters and his powerful social
sensibilities
Yet he also received criticism from his more rarefied
readers, including George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and
Virginia Woolf, who list faults such as sentimentality, unrealistic
events and grotesque characters[.
The popularity of his novels and short stories during his
lifetime and to the present is demonstrated by the fact that
none has ever gone out of print.
Dickens wrote serialised novels which was the usual
format for fiction at the time, and each new part of his stories
would be eagerly anticipated by the reading public. He is
regarded by many as the greatest writer of his time.
 CHARACTERS IN
DAVID COPPER
FIELD :
 David Copperfield– An optimistic, diligent, and persevering
character, he is the protagonist. He is later called "Trotwood
Copperfield" by some ("David Copperfield" is also the name of
the hero's father, who dies before David is born). He has many
nicknames: James Steerforth nicknames him "Daisy", Dora calls
him "Doady", and his aunt refers to him, as a reference to his
would-be sister (if he had been born a girl), in and on "Trot" – as
in Betsey Trotwood Copperfield.
 Clara Copperfield – David's kind mother, described as
being innocently childish, who dies while David is at Salem
House. She dies just after the birth of her second child, who
dies along with her.
 Peggotty– The faithful servant of the Copperfield family
and a lifelong companion to David (referred to at times as
Mrs. Barkis after her marriage to Mr. Barkis). Inherits £3,000
—a large sum in the mid-19th century—when Mr. Barkis
dies. After his death, she becomes Betsey Trotwood's
servant.
 Betsey Trotwood – David's eccentric and temperamental
yet kindhearted great-aunt; she becomes his guardian after he
runs away from Grinby and Murdstone's warehouse  in
Blackfriars (London). She is present on the night of David's
birth but leaves after hearing that Clara Copperfield's child is a
boy instead of a girl.
•.

 Mr. Chillip – A shy doctor who assists at David's birth and

faces the wrath of Betsey Trotwood after he informs her that
Clara's baby is a boy instead of a girl.
 Mr. Barkis – An aloof carter who declares his intention to
marry Peggotty. He says to David: " Tell her, 'Barkis is
willin'! ' Just so." He is a bit of a miser, and hides his
surprisingly vast liquid wealth in a plain box labeled "Old
Clothes". He bequeaths to his wife the then astronomical sum
of £3,000 when he dies about ten years later.
 Edward Murdstone – Young David's cruel stepfather, who
canes him for falling behind in his studies. David reacts by biting
Mr Murdstone, who then sends him to Salem House, the private
school owned by his friend Mr. Creakle. After David's mother
dies, Mr Murdstone sends him to work in a factory, where he has
to clean wine bottles. He appears at Betsey Trotwood's house
after David runs away. Mr Murdstone appears to show signs
of repentance when confronted with Copperfield's aunt, but
later in the book we hear he has married another young
woman and applied his old principles of "firmness."
 Jane Murdstone – Mr. Murdstone's equally cruel sister,
who moves into the Copperfield house after Mr. Murdstone
marries Clara Copperfield. She is the "Confidential Friend" of
David's first wife, Dora Spenlow, and encourages many of the
problems that occur between David Copperfield and Dora's
father, Mr. Spenlow. Later, she rejoins her brother and his new
wife in a relationship very much like the one they had with
David's mother.
 Daniel Peggotty – Peggotty's brother; a humble but
generous Yarmouth fisherman who takes his nephew Ham and
niece Emily into his custody after each of them has been
orphaned. After Emily's departure, he travels around the world.
in search of her. He eventually finds her in London, and after
that they emigrate to Australia.
 Emily (Little Em'ly) – A niece of Mr. Peggotty. She is a
childhood friend of David Copperfield, who loves her in his
childhood days. She leaves her cousin and fiancé, Ham, for
Steerforth, but returns after Steerforth deserts her. She
emigrates to Australia with Mr. Peggotty after being rescued
from a London brothel.
 Ham Peggotty – A good-natured nephew of Mr. Peggotty
and the fiancé of Emily before she leaves him for Steerforth.
He later loses his life while attempting to rescue a sailor, who
happens to be Steerforth, from a shipwreck. His death is
hidden from his family due to the fact that David does not
want them to worry on the brink of their journey.
 Mrs. Gummidge – The widow of Daniel Peggotty's
partner in a boat. She is a self-described "lone, lorn creetur"
who spends much of her time pining for "the old 'un" (her late
husband). After Emily runs away from home with Steerforth,
she changes her attitude to better comfort everyone around
her and tries to be very caring and motherly. She too
emigrates to Australia with Dan and the rest of the surviving
family.
 Martha Endell – A young woman of a bad reputation who
helps Daniel Peggotty find his niece after she returns to
London. She has worked as a prostitute, and been victim to
the idea of suicide.
 Mr. Creaked – The harsh headmaster of young David's
boarding school, who is assisted by Tonga. Mr. Creaked is a
friend of Mr. Murdstone. He singles out David for extra
torment. Later he becomes a Middlesex magistrate, and is.
 considered enlightened for his day.
"I am married". Etching by Phiz.
 James Steerforth – A close friend of David, he is of a
romantic and charming disposition and has known David
ever since his first days at Salem House. Although well-liked
by most, he proves himself to be lacking in character by
seducing and later abandoning Little Em'ly. He eventually
drowns at Yarmouth with Ham Peggotty, who had been trying
to rescue him.
 Tommy Traddles – David's friend from Salem House.
They meet again later and become eventual lifelong friends.
Traddles works hard but faces great obstacles because of
his lack of money and connections. He eventually succeeds
in making a name and a career for himself
 Wilkins Micawber– A gentle man who befriends David as a
young boy. He suffers from much financial difficulty and even
has to spend time in a debtor's prison. Eventually he emigrates
to Australia where he enjoys a successful career as a sheep
farmer and becomes a magistrate. He is based on Dickens'
father, John Dickens.
 Mr. Dick (Richard Babley) – A slightly deranged, rather
childish but amiable man who lives with Betsey Trotwood.
His madness is amply described in as much as that he
claims to have the "trouble" of King Charles I in his head.
 Dr. Strong – The headmaster of David's Canterbury
school, whom he visits on various occasions.
 Anne Strong – The young wife of Dr. Strong. Although
she remains loyal to him, she fears that he suspects that
she is involved in an affair with Jack Maldon
 Jack Maldon – A cousin and childhood sweetheart of
Anne Strong. He continues to bear affection for her and tries
to seduce her into leaving Dr. Strong.

 Mr. Wickfield – The father of Agnes Wickfield and lawyer

to Betsey Trotwood. He is prone to alcoholism.

 Uriah Heep– A wicked young man who serves first as

secretary, and then as partner to Mr. Wickfield. He is finally
discovered to have stolen money and is imprisoned as a
punishment. He always talks of being "'umble" (humble) and
nurtures a deep hatred of David Copperfield and many others.

 Mrs. Steerforth – The wealthy widowed mother of James

Steerforth. She herself is incredibly like her son.
 Miss Dartle – A strange, vitriolic woman who lives with
Mrs. Steerforth. She has a secret love for Steerforth and
blames others such as Emily and even Steerforth's own
mother for corrupting him. She is described as being
extremely skinny and displays a visible scar on her lip
caused by Steerforth. She is also Steerforth's cousin

 Mrs. Spenlow – An employer of David's during his days

as a proctor and the father of Dora Spenlow. He dies
suddenly of a heart attack while driving his phaeton home.

 Dora Spenlow – The adorable but foolish daughter of

Mr. Spenlow who becomes David's first wife. She is
described as being impractical and with many similarities
to David's mother. She dies of illness on the same day as
her dog, Jip.
 Mr. Sharp – He was the chief teacher of Salem House
and had more authority than Mr.Mell.He looked weak,both
in health and character;his head seemed to be very
heavy for him:he walked on one side.He had a big nose.
 Mr.Mell – A tall, thin young man with hollow cheeks.His
hair was dusty and dry too, with rather short sleeves and
legs.
SUMARY OF DAVID
COPPERFIELD
Part-1
 CHAPTER - 1 : I AM BORN
David Copperfield is born (delivered by Mr. Chillip). It
tells of how his father died when Clara, his mother, was 6
months
pregnant with him. David's father's aunt (Betsey Trotwood)
arrives when he is being born. She leaves when it is
announced that the baby is a boy. Peggotty, the housemaid is
happy.
 CHAPTER - 2 : I OBSERVE

Clara Copperfield is out with Mr Murdstone, and David

speaks to Peggotty about marriage. She says she is quite
happy single. Clara Copperfield returns with Murdstone and
Copperfield takes an instant dislike to him.
 

 CHAPTER - 3: I HAVE A CHANGE

Copperfield goes to Peggotty’s brother’s house to stay

in Yarmouth. He falls in love with Emily. (Mr Peggotty’s
niece). They return home after 2 weeks, to find Clara
Copperfield married to Murdstone and his sister living there
too.
 CHAPTER - 4 : I FALL INTO DISGRACE

After failing to successfully complete some lessons,

Copperfield is whipped and he bites a hole in Murdstone’s
arm. He then is locked in his room for 5 days. Murdstone
complains that Clara Copperfield is too weak.

 CHAPTER - 5 : I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME

Copperfield is extremely upset when he is sent away to

school. (He learns that he has been sent early as a
punishment). Mr Mell looks after him until the other pupils
arrive. However, he is made to wear a plaque on his back,
which reads Take Care of Him, He Bites. Mr Creakle, the
headmaster, is extremely nasty and violent
 CHAPTER - 6 : I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF
ACQAINTANCE
The other pupils arrive at the school and he meets an
extremely sympathetic boy, 6 years older than him, named
Steerforth

 CHAPTER - 7 : MY ‘FIRST HALF’ AT SALEM HOUSE

The term begins and he gets flogged once, but enjoys

himself.

 CHAPTER - 8 : MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE

HAPPY AFTERNOON
Copperfield arrives home for the holidays when Mr and
Miss Murdstone are away for the day. Clara Copperfield is
holding a baby boy, Edward Murdstone.
She is very pleased to see him, so is Peggotty. They ate ‘like
the old days’. Copperfield goes to bed and in the morning he
apologises to Murdstone, who accepts his apology.
Copperfield welcomes his baby brother.

 CHAPTER - 9 : I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY

On his birthday, Mr Sharp goes to Copperfield to tell
him that someone wants to see him. He is very excited and
expects it to be Peggotty, but it is Mr and Mrs Creakle. Mrs
Creakle tells Copperfield that his has died, as well as the
baby.
Copperfield is taken to a shop, Mr Omer’s, where he is
fitted with mourning clothes and sent to live at home. They
have the funeral. 
Peggotty tells Copperfield of how his mother knew she
was dying.
 CHAPTER - 10 : I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM
PROVIDED FOR
Peggotty is given a month’s notice, and so she decides
to stay with Mr Peggotty, Emily and Ham once this time is
up. Peggotty says that whatever happens to Copperfield,
she will be there for him.
Peggotty and Mr Barkis (coach driver) get married.
Copperfield is told that he is to go to work in London.

 CHAPTER - 11 : I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN

ACCOUNT, AND I DON’T LIKE IT
Copperfield has to work at Murdstone and Grinby’s
warehouse by the waterside. The warehouse is ‘literally
overrun by rats’. The business is the supply of wines and
spirit to certain packet ships. Copperfield has to wash
bottles and then glue the lables on, for 6 shillings a week.
 Mr. Micawber tells Copperfield that he is to stay with
them as a lodger (because they owe a lot of money).
Copperfield writes to Peggotty many times but doesn’t
want her to know the truth about his job.
Micawber is arrested and sent to King’s Bench (debtors)
Prison. Copperfield visits him. Captain Hopkins complains
about debtor’s prisons and this allows Micawber and some
others to be freed.
 CHAPTER - 12 : LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT
NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT
RESOLUTION
After Micawber is set free, they decide to start a new life
in Plymouth.
Copperfield goes to live with Tipp (work mate), but later
decides that he wants to find and live with Betsey Trotwood
in Dover.
 Copperfield asks someone to move his trunk to a
coach, but he steals it, and his money, threatening to go to
the police and report a runaway.

 CHAPTER - 13 : THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION

On the way to Dover, Copperfield sells his waistcoat and
jacket for money to buy food. He walks all the way to Dover
to see his aunt. Once Copperfield explains the situation, she
seemed nice and welcoming.
 CHAPTER - 14 : MY AUNT MAKES HER MIND UP
ABOUT ME
Betsey Trotwood writes a letter to Murdstone telling him
where Copperfield is. Mr and Miss Murdstone come to
collect him, but Betsey Trotwood says that she wants to take
care of him.
 Betsey Trotwood tells Copperfield that he is her
adoptive son and change his name to David Trotwood
Copperfield.
 CHAPTER - 15 : I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING

Mr. Dick (Betsey Trotwood’s lodger) and Copperfield

become good friends.
Copperfield’s aunt decides that Copperfield is to go to school
in Canterbury. He stays with Mr Wickfield, a lawyer, and his
daughter and housemaid, Agnes. Uriah Heep is Wickfield’s
clerk.
 CHAPTER - 16 : I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES
THAN ONE
Copperfield meets his new headmaster, Dr Strong .
 Mr. Jack Maldon, Annie’s cousin, (Annie is Dr Strong’s
young wife) has a going away party. He is going to India.
 CHAPTER - 17 : SOMEBODY TURNS UP
A person is hanging around Betsey Trotwood’s house
and frightening her.
Copperfield has tea with Heep and his mother, who claim
that they are ‘much too umble’. While they are having tea,
Micawber walks past and tells him that the reason they
couldn’t get to Plymouth is because of the Custom Office.
Micawber is introduced to the Heeps.
Later on, Copperfield has a party with them, which is fun.
The next day, Copperfield receives a letter from Micawber
saying that he has no money and that the house in London is
to be demolished.
  CHAPTER - 18 : A RETROSPECT
 

Copperfield is made head boy.

 CHAPTER - 19 : I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A

DISCOVERY
Copperfield leaves school, but can’t decide what he
wants to do, so his aunt suggests he goes to see Peggotty.
Before he leaves, the people that he knows in Canterbury
have a leaving party for him. Agnes asks Copperfield
whether he has noticed anything odd about her father’s
behaviour. Copperfield says yes.

On the way to stay with Peggotty, Copperfield stays in a

hotel overnight and meets up with Steerforth. They are both
overjoyed.
 

 CHAPTER - 20 : STEERFORTH’S HOME

At breakfast the next day, Steerforth offered him to
stay for one or two days at his house. Then he shows him
the sights.
Living with Steerforth is his mother, and her friend,
Miss Rosa Dartle. She has a scar on her chin, which
Steerforth later confesses that he did to her when he was
younger by throwing a hammer at her.

 CHAPTER - 21 : LITTLE EM’LY

Steerforth says that he wishes to come with Copperfield
to Yarmouth.
In Yarmouth, Steerforth and Copperfield stop to visit
Peggotty and Barkis. Barkis is very rheumatic now.
 They also see Mrs Gummidge, Mr Peggotty, Emily, and
Ham.
On the night they arrive, they are having an engagement
party for Emily and Ham.
 CHAPTER - 22 : SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME
NEW PEOPLE
Copperfield visits Blunderstone Rookery (his old home) quite
a few times to think about his past.
Steerforth buys a boat for Mr Peggotty to look after.
Littimer, Steerforth manservant, arrives and tells them that
Miss Mowcher was in the area. She is a fat beautician.
A woman named Martha finds Emily to ask her for some
money and saying that she is very poor. (She used to work
with Emily at Mr. Omer’s shop).
Emily apologises for being an awful wife.
 CHAPTER - 23 : I CORROBORATE MR DICK, AND
CHOOSE A PROFESSION
Steerforth and Copperfield leave Yarmouth. Steerforth
goes home, after Copperfield receives a letter from his aunt
saying that he should be a Proctor.
Copperfield and his aunt go to Spenlow and Jorkins to
find out about the job. It will cost £1000 for the training. They
go to a flat to rent, which Copperfield accepts. Mrs. Crupp
owns this flat.
 CHAPTER - 24 : MY FIRST OBSESSION
Copperfield has a housewarming party with Steerforth
and his Oxford friends, Granger and Markham. Copperfield
gets really drunk and decides to go to the theatre, but he
sees Agnes there and is very embarrassed.
 CHAPTER - 25 : GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
Copperfield gets an invitation from Agnes to meet him.
She tells him that she forgives him for last night. Copperfield
says that she is) his good Angel.
Agnes warns Copperfield that Steerforth is his bad
Angel, but he won’t listen. She goes on to say that Heep is
planning to go into business with her father, but subtly,
trying to overpower him.
Mr. and Mrs.Waterbrook own the place in which this
conversation is taking place. They invite them both to dinner
with plenty of other guests, such as Heep. Traddles is there
(from Salem House..
Copperfield walks home with Heep.
 It is quite clear that Copperfield hates Heep because of
what he is doing to Mr. Wickfield. Heep then confesses that
he loves Agnes. He stays the night because it is too late to
go back to his boarding house.
During the night, Copperfield keeps having the urge to
put the poker through him.

 CHAPTER - 26 : I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY

After Agnes and Heep leave for Canterbury, Copperfield
gets asked to go to Norwood with Mr Spenlow.
Copperfield meets his daughter and it is love at first sight.
But with Miss. Dora Spenlow was Miss. Murdstone, her
chaperone. Miss. Murdstone says that she wants to get on
better with Copperfield, he agrees.
He walks round, in hope to see her, and on the occasions
that he does, it is harder to leave her.
 Mrs. Crupp tries to comfort Copperfield.

 CHAPTER - 27 : TOMMY TRADDLES

.
Copperfield decides to visit Traddles. He has a good
time. He reveals that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber are living in
the flat below him. They both owe money, but Micawber
tells Copperfield that he is going to get some money soon
in a new business venture.
Traddles is working with the Encyclopaedia and wants
to enter into journalism

 CHAPTER - 28 : MICAWBER’S GAUNLET

Traddles and Mr and Mrs. Micawber come over to
dinner. They have a good time until Littimer appears
looking for Steerforth.
 Micawber confesses that he is going into the brewing
business.
After the party, Steerforth arrives and when Copperfield
tells him that Traddles had been there, he says that he
doesn’t want to see him. He leaves and when Copperfield
gets undressed, he finds a letter that he remembered
Micawber gave to him.
The letter says that Traddles owes a lot of money and it
effects Micawber.
 CHAPTER - 29 : I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME,
AGAIN
Dartle asks Copperfield at Steerforth’s house why he is
away so much and why he acts oddly recently.
Steerforth and Copperfield ask Rosa to play the harp. At
the end, Steerforth says that for the future they should love
each other very much. She runs off.
 Copperfield leaves early next morning.

 CHAPTER - 30 : A LOSS
Copperfield goes to Yarmouth and stays at the inn.
He goes to see Mr. Omer and they talk of Emily and how
she seems unsettled. Copperfield then goes to see Barkis
who is very ill, and later dies.

 CHAPTER - 31 : A GREATER LOSS

Copperfield takes care of the will: things are left to
Copperfield, Emily and Peggotty. The funeral is held. Ham
returns to the boathouse to say that Emily had left a note to
say that she didn’t love Ham enough. They work out that
she’s eloped with Steerforth. Mr Peggotty decides to look
for her.
 CHAPTER - 32 : THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Ham, Mr. Peggotty and Copperfield look for Emily in
Yarmouth, but have no luck. Copperfield goes to Peggotty’s
house and sends her to bed.
Miss. Mowcher arrives to say that she felt Emily was
abroad. Mr. Peggotty goes abroad to look for her.

Part-2
 CHAPTER - 33 : BLISSFUL
Copperfield sees Murdstone with Mr. Spenlow. Dora is
having a picnic for her birthday and Copperfield is invited.
Dora tells Copperfield that Murdstone is to get married the
same day. Copperfield proposes to her, and she accepts. Her
best friend, Julia Mills is happy.
. They decide that it should be a secret engagement

 CHAPTER - 34 : MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME

Copperfield is speaking with Traddles when he tells

Copperfield that Micawber has changed his name to
Mortimer, so the debt collectors can’t find him. He also
only comes out after dark wearing glasses.
Traddles has the broker round to take away a table
and flower pot because he owes money, but he gets
Peggotty to buy them back for him.
When Peggotty and Copperfield go to his house, Mr
Dick and Betsey Trotwood are sitting there with their
belongings. She admits that she is ruined.
 CHAPTER - 35 : DEPRESSION

Copperfield goes to see Mr.Spenlow then Mr. Jorkins

to cancel his articles so he could get his money back for
his aunt – he was refused.
Agnes tells of Heep and his mother living in their
house and making their lives a misery. She sees Betsey
Trotwood. She tells of how she tried to sell her
investments, but failed and that her only income is by
letting her house for £70 per year.
Agnes says that Dr Strong is looking to retire and
wants a lawyer, to sort out his money. Copperfield writes
to him asking if he could have the job.
Mr.Wickfield and Heep arrive to see Betsey
Trotwood. Mr. Wickfield looks very ill.
 CHAPTER 36 – ENTHUSIASM
Copperfield goes to see Dr Strong. He tells
Copperfield that he will work his hardest and he is not to
give up.
Then he suggests that Copperfield might like to work
on his dictionary with him, two hours in the morning and
two to three hours in the evening, weekends off.
Traddles and Copperfield try to help Mr Dick – they
pay him to copy out his memorial - but removing all
references to King Charles the first from it. Copperfield
gets a letter from Micawber through Traddles saying that
he has found a promising job. They meet him at the Gray’s
Inn Road. Micawber says that he is going to help Heep in
Canterbury.
 CHAPTER - 37 : A LITTLE COLD WATER
Copperfield tries to explain to Dora that she will have
to realise that she is marrying a poor man - and she may
have to look at a cookbook. She gets worried and
frightened.
 CHAPTER - 38 : A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Mr. Spenlow and Miss. Murdstone tell Copperfield that
he’s not to marry Dora. The next day, Mr. Spenlow is found
dead after falling off his horse and carriage – they think.
They look for his will everywhere, but realise he never made
one because he is broke.

 CHAPTER – 39 : WICKFIELD AND HEEP

Betsey Trotwood sends Copperfield to Canterbury to
take his mind off Dora. He stays with the Wickfields. After
supper,
when Agnes and Mrs. Heep leave, Heep says that he wants
to marry Agnes, but Mr Wickfield gets angry and
refuses, but the next morning he apologises to Uriah

 CHAPTER - 40 : THE WANDERER

When Copperfield walks back from Dr Strong’s house,
he sees Mr. Peggotty. He says that he’s been to France,
Italy and Switzerland to look for Emily. He also shows
Copperfield some money he was sent

 CHAPTER - 41 : DORA’S AUNTS

Copperfield goes to see Dora’s aunts to see if he can
still get married. They say yes on the condition that they
must agree to anything that will be done first. Copperfield
agrees.
 CHAPTER - 42 : MISCHIEF
Dora meets Agnes in Putney – they like each other.
Copperfield goes to Canterbury to the Doctor’s house to find
Heep, Mr Wickfield and the Doctor being told she is having
an affair with Maldon.
Copperfield gets a letter from Mrs. Micawber saying that

Micawber is changed and is cold towards his children.

 CHAPTER - 43 : ANOTHER RETROSPECT
Dora and Copperfield move to a cottage in Highgate
and his aunt moves close by. Copperfield is starting to get
regular stories published in a magazine and making a
regular income. Traddles presents his fiancé – Sophy.
Copperfield and Dora marry.
 CHAPTER - 44 : OUR HOUSEKEEPING

The housekeeper – Mary Anne Paragon is useless, so

Copperfield suggests that Dora sack her, and she says that
she couldn’t and starts crying.
Betsey Trotwood tells him not to argue and concentrate
on Dora’s good points and not the bad ones. Copperfield
apologises. They sack the housekeeper.
Traddles is invited to supper, but the food is a disaster.

 CHAPTER – 45 : MR DICK FULFILS MY AUNT’S

PREDICTIONS
Mr Dick admits that he’s simple. Dr Strong makes his
will and Annie apologises for the affair with Maldon.
 CHAPTER - 46 : INTELLIGENCE
As Copperfield walks past Steerforth’s home, Dartle says
that she wants to talk to him. Littimer tells of how they went
to France, Italy, and Switzerland. Steerforth ‘became restless’
Littimer says, and Emily is told that she should marry ‘a very
respectable person’.
Littimer goes on to say that Emily ran away from Italy and
hasn’t been seen since. Steerforth sacked Littimer and sent
him home.
Copperfield tells Mr Peggotty this information and he is
convinced that Emily is still alive. They decide to look for
Martha, to see if she knows where she is.
 CHAPTER - 47 : MARTHA
Mr Peggotty and Copperfield are in Westminster. Martha
tells them that Emily is pleasant, kind and gentle.
 When Copperfield gets back to London, he sees his
aunt’s light on and the door open, with a man standing
outside – the same man that was a nuisance in Dover. She
reveals that he is her husband.

 CHAPTER - 48 : DOMESTIC
Copperfield tries to tell Dora that she is too soft on
people. She is ill, because she gives birth to a stillborn baby.

 CHAPTER - 49 : I AM INVOLVED IN A MYSTERY

Both Traddles and Copperfield get a letter – Traddles
from Mrs. Micawber and Copperfield from Micawber.
In Micawber letter, he asks to meet him and Traddles.
They have supper at his aunt’s house – and Micawber
reveals that Heep is a liar and a cheat.
 CHAPTER - 50 : MR. PEGGOTTY’S DREAM COMES
TRUE
Martha sees Copperfield and tells him that she had left
a note for Mr Peggotty. Then she takes him to Golden
Square by coach. They climb the stairs of an old and unsafe
house, where Emily is working as a prostitute. They are
following Dartle up the stairs – she tells her that she should
be whipped and punished for what she did. Emily says she
had loved Steerforth and Dartle says that she loved him.
Mr. Peggotty comes in as Dartle is leaving and tells
Emily that she is coming home.
 CHAPTER – 51 : THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER
JOURNEY
Mr. Peggotty comes to Copperfield’s house and tells him
and his aunt of Emily’s journey.
 Betsey Trotwood says that she wanted to be Godmother
to his dead baby.
Mr Peggotty tells them that he is going to emigrate to
Australia and to start a new life, and that the boat leaves in six
weeks to two months.
Copperfield and Mr Peggotty go to Yarmouth.
Copperfield goes to see Mr Omer, who is now wheelchair
bound, and loving it.
Ham has found a new house, Peggotty’s moved out of
her house. Mr Peggotty and Mrs Gummidge are going to
London to later go to Australia, after moving out of the
boathouse.
 CHAPTER - 52 : I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
Traddles, Betsey Trotwood, Mr Dick and Copperfield go
to Canterbury, on Micawber’s instruction.
Micawber tells them to go to the lawyer’s office five
minutes after their meeting.
 They do this, and all sit in a room including Agnes, Heep
and his mother. Micawber tells of how Heep has been
cheating and forging Mr. Wickfield’s signature for more money.
Micawber is happy and Betsey Trotwood says that she will
pay for the Micawbers to emigrate to Australia if they wanted
as a thank you gift for uncovering Heep’s dirty dealings.
 

 CHAPTER - 53 : ANOTHER RETROSPECT

Dora asks for Agnes to come and speak to her. When they
are speaking, Copperfield is downstairs and Jip (Dora’s dog)
dies by his feet. Agnes comes downstairs to say that Dora is
dead too.
 CHAPTER - 54 : MICAWBER’S TRANSACTIONS
Traddles tells Betsey Trotwood that her money is safe.
She and Copperfield go to her husband’s funeral.
 CHAPTER - 55 :TEMPEST

Copperfield and Betsey Trotwood had left the houses at

Highgate, and had moved into temporary accommodation in
Covent Garden. The plan was for Betsey Trotwood to go
back to Dover and Copperfield was to go abroad.
Before he goes, Copperfield writes Emily a letter, saying
that he had seen Ham. He writes exactly what Ham asked
him to write.
Copperfield gets a letter back from Emily saying that she
wants forgiveness and to say goodbye. Copperfield wants to
give the letter to Ham, so he could see it.
When Copperfield arrives in Yarmouth, a great storm is
raging. This continues for several days. Early next morning, a
man asks him if he wants to see a boat in the water go to
pieces.
 Copperfield agrees. He sees Ham go in the water to try
and save the drowning passengers of the boat. He is told not
to, but he ignores them.
Ham’s body is recovered the next day, and he is put
beside
 
Steerforth’s body.
 
 

 CHAPTER - 56 : THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD

Copperfield tells Mrs. Steerforth and Dartle the bad news..

 CHAPTER - 57 : THE EMIGRANTS

Micawber gets arrested twice, involving the Heep case,
but he pays them off. The Micawber family, Emily, Mr Peggotty
and Mrs. Gummidge leave for Australia.
 CHAPTER - 58 : ABSENCE
.
Because Copperfield is so upset, he goes abroad to
Switzerland, Italy and the Alps.
Copperfield works on his book while he is living in a
valley in Switzerland and sends it to Traddles, who publishes
it.
Three years after the emigrant ship left, Copperfield
decides to return home – loving Agnes, but convinced that
she doesn’t love him.

 CHAPTER - 59 : RETURN
Copperfield goes to see Traddles and his wife, Sophy. All
of her sisters are there. Once he leaves Traddles, he returns
to the inn where he is staying and sees Mr Chillip.
The next day, Copperfield goes to Dover to see his aunt.
Peggotty is her housekeeper.
 CHAPTER - 60 : AGNES
Copperfield asks Betsey Trotwood whether Agnes has any
attachments and his aunt says that she may have one.
Next day, Copperfield rides to Canterbury to see her. They
talk of old times and finds out why she has no mother.

 CHAPTER - 61 : I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING

PENITENTS
Copperfield shows Traddles a letter Creakle wrote to him. It
says that he is now a Middlesex Magistrate.
Traddles and Copperfield go to the prison where Creakle is
working, to discover that he is very powerful. In the prison, they
come across Heep and Littimer.
 They find out that Heep’s last offence was fraud against
the Bank of England and Littimer’s was robbery of £250 from
Miss Mowcher.

 CHAPTER - 62 : A LIGHT SHINES MY WAY

Copperfield tells Agnes how much he loves her. She says

that she has always loved him. They marry.
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