Born:February7,1812,Portsmouth,Hampshire,England.Died:June9,1870,Gad'sHill,nearChatham,Kent.CharlesDickens
HeisaBritishnovelist,generallyconsideredthegreatestoftheVictorianperiod.HeisthemainrepresentofBritishrealismliteratureinthe19century.CharlesDickens
ThedefiningmomentofDickens'slifeCharlesJohnHuffamDickensoccurredwhenhewas12yearsold.Withhisfatherindebtors'prison,hewaswithdrawnfromschoolandforcedtoworkinafactory.Thisdeeplyaffectedthesensitiveboy.CharlesDickens
Thoughhereturnedtoschoolat13,hisformaleducationendedat15.Asayoungman,heworkedasareporter.CharlesDickens
1836SketchesbyBoz1837ThePickwickPapers1838OliverTwist1841TheOldCuriocityShop1843AChristmasCarol1848DombeyandSonHisnovels
1850DavidCopperfield1853BleakHouse1854HardTimes1859ATaleofTwoCities1870TheMysteryofEdwinDrood(unfinished).Hisnovels
ItisCharlesDickens’ssemi-autobiographicalfirstnovel.ThestorydealswiththelifeofDavidCopperfieldfromchildhoodtomaturity.DavidCopperfield
DavidCopperfield
DavidCopperfield
David'sfatherhaddiedbeforehewasborn,later,hismotherClaraCopperfiledmarriesEdwardMurdstonewhowithhissisterJanecontrolsthefamilylater,andheisbadtoDavideventhrashesDavidforfallingbehindstudies.Davidissentawaytoaboardingschool,SalemHouse,witharuthlessheadmaster,Mr.Creakle.AndhemeetJamesSteerforth.DavidCopperfield
Mr.Murdstonesendshimtoworkinafactoryafterhismotherandhersecondbabydie.Hislandlord,WilkinsMicawbermovestoPlymouth,soDaviddecidestorunaway.DavidCopperfield
HewalkstoDovertofindhisonlyAuntBetseyTrotwood.Sherenameshim‘TrotwoodCopperfield’.Andheissenttoschool,livinginAgnes’home.DavidCopperfield
DavidCopperfield
SteerforthtakeEmilywhowillmarryaway,soDanPeggottydecidestofindher.DavidlovesDoraSpenlow,andmarryherafterherfatherdiedandbankrupt.BetseyTrotwoodisbankruptlaterbecauseofUriahHeep.DavidCopperfield
WilkinsMicawberexposesUriah’splotthathewantstotakecontrolofAgnes’familiesandmarryher.Doradied,soDavidtravelsthreeyears.Later,DavidlivesalifewithAgneshappily.DavidCopperfield
ThemasterDavidCopperfield’sgrowthroadisbumpyindignant,fulloftwistsandturnsupsanddowns.Butnomatterhowmuchtribulationandsadnesshesuffers,heneverloseconfidencetolife.So,ourfutureswillbeverybrightifwefightfromnowon.Summary
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