Bookreport - David Copperfield

The book is written by CHARLES DICKENS, one of England´s greatest novelists, who lived from 1812 to 1870.

The main settinqs are:

Blunderstone, in Suffolk

Yarmouth

Kent

London

The main characters are:

DAVID COPPEPFIELD: He is the person whose life is told in the story.

MR. MURDSTONE: David´s stepfather, a very stern and cruel man who sometimes beats young david.               

CLARA PEGGOTTY: She is the servant of the Copperfield´s and she loves David like a son. (Everybody calls her Peggotty, because Mrs. Copperfield is also named 'Clora'.)

STEERFORTH: David´s best friend.

David Copperfield is a half-orphan, but when he is eight, his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, a very stern and cruel man. David bites his stepfather's hand and because of this he is sent away to a boarding school. There he gets to know Steerforth, who takes care of him.  One day David is told that his mother is dead. Mr. Murdstone doesn´t care about him and he is allowed to make a short holiday in Yarmouth to visit Peggotty´s family. But home again his stepfather sends him to London to a warehouse to work. David hates his work so he runs away to his father´s aunt. She adopts him and he can go to a 'good' school. He becomes a friend of Agnes, who is the daughter of Mr.Wickfield, the man in whose house David lives now. After he has finished school he visits Peggotty´s family with Steerforth. ,Steerforth falls in love with Emily (she is adopted by Peggotty's brother ) who is promised to Ham Peggotty.So Steerforth and Emily run away. after a short time Steerforth abandones Emily cind he and Ham die in a terrible storm. David recogrlizes thcit he loves Agnes who has always been like a sister to him. They marry.