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• It is Charles Dickens’s semiautobiographical first novel.
• The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.
• David's father had died before he was born, later, his mother Clara Copperfiled marries Edward Murdstone who with his sister Jane controls the family later, and he is bad to David even thrashes David for falling http://www.55ypa.com behind studies.
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Born: February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Died: June 9, 1870, Gad's Hill, near Chatham, Kent.
• He is a British novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. • He is the main represent of British realism literature in the 19 century.
• Dora died, so David travels three years. • Later, DaviHale Waihona Puke Baidu lives a life with Agnes happily.
• The master David Copperfield’s growth road is bumpy indignant, full of twists and turns ups and downs.
• David is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. And he meet James Steerforth.
• Mr. Murdstone sends him to work in a factory after his mother and her second baby die. • His landlord, Wilkins Micawber moves to Plymouth, so David decides to run away.
• Betsey Trotwood is bankrupt later because of Uriah Heep.
• Wilkins Micawber exposes Uriah’s plot that he wants to take control of Agnes’ families and marry her.
• But no matter how much tribulation and sadness he suffers, he never lose confidence to life. So, our futures will be very bright if we fight from now on.
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• The defining moment of Dickens's life Charles John http://www.gbbs120.com Huffam Dickens occurred when he was 12 years old.
• With his father in debtors' prison, he was withdrawn from school and forced to work in a factory. This deeply affected the sensitive boy.
• Steerforth take Emily who will marry away, so Dan Peggotty decides to find her. • David loves Dora Spenlow, and marry her after her father died and bankrupt.
• He walks to Dover to find his only Aunt Betsey Trotwood. • She renames him ‘Trotwood Copperfield’. And he is sent to school, living in Agnes’ home.
• Though he returned http://www.dxzl001.com to school at 13, his formal education ended at 15.
• As a young man, he worked as a reporter.
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