David Copperfield

DAVID COPPERFIELD A Class Project

Diego Flores BT1 IES Cristo del Rosario- Zafra(Badajoz) INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: David Copperfield Author: Charles Dickens

Publishing House: Burlington Main Characters: .David is the main protagonist of the story, we know David from his birth to his marriage with Agnes. .Clara Copperfield is David mother, she was a widow when David was born, later she got married with Mr Murdstone. .Aunt Betsey was David´s aunt, David went to live with she and she help him with his future. .Mr Dick was Aunt Betsey´s lodger, she always asked him for advices. .Mr Murdstone was Mr Murdstone´s sister and the new Clara´s sister in law. She was very bad for David. .Agnes is Mr Wickfield´s daugther, she was a very good friend for David and she became in his second wife and mother of David three childre. .Mr Wickfield was a bussiness man, David worked in his bussiness of wine when he was young. .Dora was the daughter of one of David´s boss, Mr Spenlow. She was David´s first wife. She died very young. .Dan Peggotty was Clara Peggotty´s brother, he live in Yarmouth, he was a bachelor and he looked after his niece and his nephew. .Emily is Dan´s niece, when David went to Yarmouth they were very good friends, she was going to get married with Ham, but she ran away with Steerforth.

.Ham was Dan´s nephew, he was abandoned by Emily, he died in the sea with strong waves. .Clara Peggotty was the Copperfield´s servant, she loved David and always tried to help him, she got married with Mr Barkis. .Mr Barkis was the coachman and Peggotty´s husband. .J. Sterrforth was one of David´s friend since they were at school. He went with David to Yarmouth and he ran away with Emily. .Tomy Traddles was one of David´s friend, he was a lawyer who helped aunt Betsey and Mr Wickfield to recover their money and bussiness. .Uriah Heep worked with Mr Wickfield, he forged Mr Wickfield´s documents and encoraged him to drink alcohol to ruine Mr Wickfield´s bussiness. .Mr Micawber was David´s landlord, he owed many money and he was always in problems.

Sumary: Chapter 1. It describes the birth of David , it introduces same members of his family : Clara, his mother, Mr Copperfield, his father who had died, Mr Murdstone his mother´s best friend and Peggoty, his maid, Aunt Betsey, his father´s aunt.

In this chapter Peggoty invited David to visit her family who lived in a boatg

Chapter 2. when David returned from Yarmouth his mother had got married with Mr Mudstone and his sister had come to live with them.

They treated very bad David even his stepfather hit David.

David´s mother was afraid of her husband and finally they decided to send to a school in London.

Chapter 3. David arrived to Salem House, his new school.

When he arrived one of the teacher put on his back a sign “ be careful oh him. He bites “ because he bit his stepfather Mr Mudstone, who was a friend of David´s teacher.

In this chapter David met his new friends when holidays he returned to his house. He discovered that he had a new baby brother.David told his stepfather that he was sorry for what he did, David had to return to school, his mother and his baby brother said him goodbye.

Chapter 4. In this chapter David´s mother and baby brother died, David returned home for the funeral. After that Peggoty was dismissed but David was allowed to go with her to Yarmouth. There he met Emily, Barkis and Peggoty got married. When David returned his stepfather told him that he had to work with him in his business.

Chapter 5. David was always unhappy when he worked with his stepfather, who rent a room for David in Mr Micawber house but this family had a lot of problems and David decided to run for his aunt Betsey. He found her but she sent a letter to Mr Mudstone informing him that David was with her. His grandfather went to look for him to take him back but David asked for to stay with his aunt, she accepted but she changed David´s n name by Trotwood: a new name and new life.

Chapter 6. Aunt Betsey decided to send David to school in Canterbury. There he was going to live with Mr Wickfield, a lawyer friend of Betsey. He was happy with the lawyer and his daugther. Uriah Heep worked with Mr Wickfield and he

invited David to have tea in his house, there he met with Mr Micawber, his old teacher and discovered that he and Uriah Heep were friends.

Chapter 7. David had to leave Canterbury and the wickfields after many years to plan his future. Agnes told David about his father problems with alcohol and Uriah Heep. David went to Yarmouth and he invited his friend Steerforth, they went with Mrs Peggotty to spend some days. Emily was going to get married with Hame and they met Martha an young woman who is pregnant.

Chapter 8. David began to work with a proctor in London, his aunt adviced him to work with Mr Spenlow and she arranged his lodgings. Mr Wickfield and Agnes visited him with Uriah Heep, Agnes was affraid of him because he had plans to marry her and be the owner of her father bussiness.

Chapter 9. David met Dora, his employer´s daugther and he fell in love with her. Dora´s companion was Miss Murdstone. Mr Barkis was dying so David went to be with Peggotty, when arrived to Yarmouth, Ham gave him a letter from Emly , she had run away with Steerforth and she abandoned Ham. Mrs Peggotty, Ham and David returned to London to look for Emily but they didn´t find her.

Chapter 10. David and Dora became engaged but in secret. Aunt Betsey and Mr Dick were ruined so they want to be to David´s lodgings. David told Dora about his financial situation, her father knew about it because Miss Murdstone had told him, he didn´t want a poor husband for his daughter. Mr Spenlow died accidentally.

Chapter 11. David was invited at the Wickfield´s house for dinner, he realized that Uriah Heep controlled everything. After Mr Spendlow ´s death, Dora went to live with their aunts, David asked them permission to marry Dora, they accepted and they got married, several months after the wedding, Dora became very ill. David knew that Steerforth had run away from Emily.

Chapter 12. Mr Micawber sent a letter to David, he wanted to show that Uriah Heep was a lior that Heep had forged many important documents from mister Wickfields to have more powe. Mr Peggotty finally found Emily, Mr Peggotty and Marta decided to emigrate to Australia.

Chapter 13. Dora died. Mr Wickfield recovered his bussiness from Uriah Heep and Aunt Betsey recovered her money and house.

Ham died in a storm in the sea because a huge wave crashed aver him, Steerforth also died in that storm.

David and Agnes got married and they had three children.

Dan Peggotty visited David, they went to visit Ham´s grave and Dam picked up some earth from the grave to take it back for Emily, they were living in Australia.

Personal opinion: the book is very interesting and funny. I like the book and the history of David Copperfield is very pretty

VOCABULARY CHART WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE He is unfortunate

unlucky

desafortunado the mother is widow

widow

viuda there is the grave of my grandmother

grave

grave

realised

se dio cuenta

I realised that he feel

staring

mirando fijamente

He was staring the football match

knitting

haciendo punto

He was knitting in the evening

cane

vara

I have got a cane of tree

bit

morder

The dog can bit

swollen

hinchada

I have got the noise swollen

whispering

susurrando

She has got whispering me

coachman

He has got the coachman cochero

willing

I am willing to do it dispuesto

chin

barbilla

I has got chin

bald

calva

My father is bald

disappointed

decepcionado

she was disappointed

nodded

asentĂ­

he nodded that

buried

enterrado

My grandmother is buried

pretended

fingiĂł

he pretended very well

teasing me

tomĂĄndome el pelo

he is teasing me

arranged

dispuesto

I am arranged to do it

landlord

casero

The man is the landlord

owed

debía

He didn´t owed do that

eventually

finalmente

I party eventually

released

liberado

the bird was released

will turn

a su vez

asu time he sang the phone sonava he is very mean

mean

avaro

humble

humilde

he is of the humble´s family

partner

socio

he is my partner

turned

girado

the car is turned os place

felt

sentir

I felt very bad

proctor

procurador

he is proctor

lodgings

alojamiento

the lodgings is very cheap

agreed

estaba de acuerdo

everybody was agreed

situación

the situation of country is very bad

situation

beautiful

bonito

employer

she is very beautiful he is my favourite employer

empleado daughter hija

this is my daughter

mujeres

they are women

women families

familias I haven´t got families

became engaged

nos prometimos

overjoyed

we became engaged in a beautiful night she always is overjoyed

lleno de alegrĂ­a as the saying goes

como dice el refrĂĄn

as the saying goes " perro ladrador,poco mordedor"

upset

alterar

he upset every day

clerk

oficinista

she is clerk

witnessed

testigo he is the witnessed of crime

react

he is good to react reacionar

run

correr this man run very fast tarde

every evening he drank coffe

de repente

suddenly he fell on the floor

evening suddenly

fainted

se desmay贸

he fainted in the school

forge

falsificar

I can forge

hand over

entregar

he hand over the work

hissed

dijo entre dientes

he hissed that.....

grief

pena

I have got very grief

rope

the rope is very good cuerda

rushed down

bajamos corriendo

onshore

we rushed down in the beach he was in onshore

de la orilla knelt down

se arrodill贸

she knelt down in the church