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Hello, I'm Tim and today I'm going to tell you one of Charles Dickens favorite novels.
It's the story of a boy called David Copperfield, who survived the cruel treatment of his stepfather, but grew up to find true love success.
David spends his first happy years with his loving mother, a widow, and Peggotty, their devoted housekeeper.
Everything changes when Clara Copperfield meets the handsome but cruel Mister Murdston, who treats David badly.
Peggotty takes David to Yarmouth to visit her brother, a fisherman who has taken two orphans, ham and Emily, into his care.
After a wonderful fortnight, David returns to find his mother has married Mister Murdstone.
David's stepfather continues to mistreat him and one day David bites him.
Furious, Mister Murdstone takes the opportunity to persuade Clara to send David to boarding school.
Its a grim place, but David meets the dashing steerforth, the schools head boy.
Tragedy strikes when David learns his mother and baby brother have died.
He is sent by Mister Murdstone to work in his London wine factory.
He lodges with the happy go lucky Micawber family, who were always in debt.
When the authorities take Mister Micawber off to prison, David runs away to Dover to take refuge with his aunt.
Miss Betsy is quite formidable, but she takes pity on her nephew and sends him to a good school in Canterbury.
He lives with Mister Wickfield, her business manager, and his daughter Agnes is Davids good angel.
David also encounters the scheming Uriah Heep, Mister Wickfields clerk.
Such a creep and hypocrite.
David takes an instant dislike to him and indeed Uriah will bring ruin to the Wickhams and Aunt Betsy.
David, now 17, leaves school.
En route to Yarmouth.