Charles dickens david copperfieldthe plot of david copperfielddavid copperfield concerns the growing-up of a boy, who, orphaned at an early age, experiences considerable hardship. he is ill-treated by his stepfather, mr. murdstone, then forced to work under appalling conditions in a london warehouse. this is a marked contrast to his idyllic early childhood, before the re-marriage and death of his gentle mother. davids life improves greatly when he runs away from his job to seek out his aunt, betsey trotwood. she sends him to school and arranges for him to board with kindly lawyer, mr. wickfield, whose daughter, agnes, proves to be a good friend to david. once his education is completed, david is articled in law and meets dora, whom he loves passionately and marries. the main action of the plot concerns mr. wickfields clerk, uriah heep, who is both ambitious and malicious. heep secretly plots him employers riun. once his wicked schemes are exposed, it only remains for david, now an acco...