David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

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The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, England, six months after the death of his father. David spends his early years in relative happiness with his loving, childish mother and their kindly housekeeper, Peggotty. When he is seven years old his mother marries Edward Murdstone. During the marriage, partly to get him out of the way and partly because he strongly objects to the whole proceeding, David is sent to lodge with Peggotty's family in Yarmouth. Her brother, fisherman Mr. Peggotty, lives in a house built in an upturned boat on the beach, with his adopted relatives Emily and Ham, and an elderly widow, Mrs. Gummidge. "Little Em'ly" is somewhat spoiled by her fond foster father, and David is in love with her. On his return, David is given good reason to dislike his stepfather and has similar feelings for Murdstone's sister Jane, who moves into the house soon afterwards. Between them they tyrannise his poor mother, making her and David's lives miserable, and when, in consequence, David falls behind in his studies, Murdstone attempts to thrash him – partly to further pain his mother. David bites him and soon afterwards is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, under a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. There he befriends an older boy, James Steerforth, and Tommy Traddles. He develops an impassioned admiration for Steerforth, perceiving him as something noble, who could do great things if he would.

David goes home for the holidays to learn that his mother has given birth to a baby boy. Shortly after David returns to Salem House, his mother and her baby die, and David returns home immediately. Peggotty marries the local carrier, Mr. Barkis. Murdstone sends David to work for a wine merchant in London – a business of which Murdstone is a joint owner. David's landlord, Wilkins Micawber, is arrested for debt and sent to the King's Bench Prison, where he remains for several months, before being released and moving to Plymouth. No one remains to care for David in London, so he decides to run away.

He walks from London to Dover, to his only relative, his eccentric yet kind-hearted great-aunt Betsey Trotwood. She had come to Blunderstone at his birth, only to depart in ire upon learning that he was not a girl. However, she takes pity on him and agrees to raise him, despite Murdstone's attempt to regain custody of David, on condition that he always tries to 'be as like his sister, Betsey Trotwood' as he can be, meaning that he is to endeavour to emulate the prospective namesake she was disappointed of. David's great-aunt renames him "Trotwood Copperfield" and addresses him as "Trot", and it becomes one of several names which David is called by in the course of the novel.

David's aunt sends him to a far better school than the last he attended. It is run by Dr. Strong, whose methods inculcate honour and self-reliance in his pupils. During term, David lodges with the lawyer Mr. Wickfield, and his daughter Agnes, who becomes David's friend and confidante. Wickfield has a secretary, the 15-year-old Uriah Heep.

By devious means, Uriah Heep gradually gains a complete ascendancy over the aging and alcoholic Wickfield, to Agnes's great sorrow. Heep hopes, and maliciously confides to David, that he aspires to marry Agnes. Ultimately with the aid of Micawber, who has been employed by Heep as a secretary, his fraudulent behaviour is revealed. At the end of the book, David meets him in a prison, for attempting to defraud the Bank of England.

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故事讲述大卫·科波菲尔的从童年到成熟的生命。大卫出生于布兰德，萨福克，英格兰，他的父亲去世后六个月。大卫花了他早年在相对的幸福与他的爱，孩子气的母亲和他们亲切的管家，佩格蒂。当他七岁那年他的母亲嫁给爱德华·摩德斯通。在婚姻期间，部分是为了让他离开的方式，部分原因是因为他强烈反对整个程序，大卫被送到与佩格蒂的家人在雅茅斯安顿。她的哥哥，渔民佩格蒂先生，住在建于上翻的船在沙滩上，他采用了亲戚Emily和火腿，和一对老年寡妇，Gummidge夫人的房子。 “小Em'ly”在某种程度上被她喜欢养父宠坏了，大卫是爱上了她。在他的回归，大卫给出很好的理由不喜欢他的继父和对摩德斯通的姐姐简，谁搬入屋内不久同样的感受。在他们之间，他们欺压他那可怜的母亲，使她和大卫的生活苦不堪言，当，在后果，大卫在他的研究落后，摩德斯通试图打他 - 部分原因是更多的痛苦他的母亲。大卫咬他，不久被送走一所寄宿学校，塞勒姆的房子，一个无情的校长，Creakle先生下。在那里，他结为好友的大男孩，詹姆斯史朵夫和汤米Traddles。他开发了史朵夫慷慨激昂的钦佩，他感知的东西高贵，要是他愿意谁可以做伟大的事情。

大卫回家过节去学习，他的母亲已经生了一个男婴。大卫返回塞勒姆白宫后不久，他的母亲和她的孩子死了，大卫立即返回家中。佩格蒂娶当地运营商，巴克斯先生。摩德斯通向大卫在伦敦酒商工作 - 业务，其中，摩德斯通是共有人。大卫的房东，威尔金斯米考伯，被逮捕的债务和发送到王座监狱，他在那里仍然是数月，被释放并转移到普利茅斯之前。没有一个留在伦敦照顾大卫，所以他决定逃跑。

他从伦敦走到多佛，他唯一的亲人，他的古怪又善良的姨婆贝茜特拉伍德。她来的时候，在他出生布兰德，只能在怒火当得知他是不是一个女孩离开。然而，她把同情他，并同意抬高他，尽管摩德斯通的企图夺回大卫的监护权，对他总是试图“是像他的妹妹，贝茜特拉伍德”，因为他可以为条件的，这意味着他要努力效仿准同名她感到失望的。大卫的姑婆重命名他为“特拉伍德科波菲尔”，并解决他为“小跑”，并成为大卫是在小说的过程中叫来几个名字之一。

大卫的阿姨送他到比他参加的最后一个更好的学校。它是由博士强，其方法灌输他的学生的荣誉和自力更生运行。在长期，大卫小屋，配有律师Wickfield先生和他的女儿艾格尼丝，谁成为大卫的朋友和知己。 Wickfield有一个书记，15岁的里亚·希普。

通过不正当的手段，里亚·希普逐渐获得了老化和酒精Wickfield一个完整的优势，以Agnes的巨大悲痛。协希望和恶意倾诉大卫，他渴望结婚艾格尼丝。最终与米考伯，谁一直受雇于协当秘书的帮助下，他的欺诈行为被发现。在书的最后，大卫遇见他在监狱，企图诈骗英格兰银行。