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