David Copperfield | Summary

Chapters 1–3
After a digression about the predictions concerning his future at the time of his birth, David, the adult narrator of David Copperfield, notes that he was born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk, England, six months after his father had died. David’s great-aunt, Betsey Trotwood, appeared at the Copperfield home just prior to David’s birth, insisting that Clara, David’s mother, would have a daughter and that Betsey would become her godmother. When Clara remembered her husband’s kindness to her, she became upset, which started her labor. When...

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