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David Copperfield was born in a village in England. His father died before he was born. David’s mother looked after him well. He went to the best school in the village. When David was six years old, his mother married a man by the name of Murdstone. Murdstone did not like David and David did not like him. Murdstone decided to send David to a boarding school. Next day he left his mother and went to live there. He was in boarding school for two years. Then he heard about his mother’s death. He went home, there he found Murdstone sitting on a chair. He looked at David and said: “Your mother is dead. I have no money for your education. You must start working. Tomorrow you will leave for London.” So, at the age of ten, David Copperfield was in London streets without money, food or home. He remembered his mother told him that in Dover lived his aunt, his father’s sister. David never saw her. He walked to Dover to his aunt’s house. It was morning when David came to his aunt’s house. Her name was Miss Trotwood. She was in the garden, when she saw a poor boy looking at her. She asked: “What is it boy? What do you want?” David said: “I’m David Copperfield, your nephew”. He told her everything. Miss Trotwood took David inside, gave him a hot water bath and some food. |
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