Character	Description
David Copperfield	David Copperfield, an orphan, later renamed Trotwood Copperfield, is the narrator and protagonist of the novel. Read More
Peggotty	Peggotty is David's nurse. Read More
James Steerforth	James Steerforth is an aristocratic older schoolmate of David Copperfield. Read More
Uriah Heep	Uriah Heep is Mr. Wickfield's clerk. Read More
Dora Spenlow	Dora Spenlow, the daughter of David's employer, marries David Copperfield. Read More
Miss Betsey	Miss Betsey Trotwood is David's great-aunt. Read More
Agnes Wickfield	Agnes Wickfield is the daughter of Miss Betsey's lawyer. Read More
Adams	Adams is the head boy at Dr. Strong's school.
Captain Bailey	Captain Bailey is one of Miss Larkin's suitors.
Barkis	Mr. Barkis, a stage driver, marries Peggotty.
Charley	Charley is the owner of a used clothing shop.
Mr. Chestle	Mr. Chestle is the hop-grower who marries Miss Larkins.
Mr. Chillip	Mr. Chillip is the doctor who delivers David Copperfield.
Miss Clarissa	Miss Clarissa Spenlow is Dora's aunt, who takes her in after Dora's father dies.
Clickett	Clickett is the Orfling (orphan) girl from the workhouse who is the Micawbers' servant.
Clara Copperfield	Clara Copperfield is David's mother who was a governess before her marriage.
Mr. Creakle	Mr. Creakle is the headmaster of Salem House school who later becomes a magistrate.
Mrs. Creakle	Mrs. Creakle breaks the news of his mother's death to David.
Miss Creakle	Miss Creakle, Mr. Creakle's daughter, has a crush on Steerforth at Salem House.
Sophy Crewler	Sophy Crewler, a parson's daughter, is the fiancée and later the wife of Tommy Traddles.
Mrs. Crupp	Mrs. Crupp is David's landlady on Buckingham Street.
Miss Dartle	Rosa Dartle is Mrs. Steerforth's ward and companion.
Mr. Dick	Mr. Dick, whose real name is Richard Babley, is Miss Betsey's ward, whom she rescued from an insane asylum.
Emily	Emily is Mr. Peggotty's orphaned niece and David's childhood sweetheart.
Martha Endell	Martha Endell is a disgraced friend of Emily's who becomes a prostitute.
Grainger	Grainger is one of Steerforth's Oxford friends who attends David's housewarming dinner.
Mr. Grayper	Mr. Grayper is Clara Copperfield's neighbor at Blunderstone.
Mrs. Grayper	Mrs. Grayper is Clara Copperfield's neighbor who holds the party where Clara meets Mr. Murdstone.
Gregory	Gregory is the foreman at Murdstone and Grimly's warehouse.
Mr. Gulpidge	Mr. Gulpidge, a guest at the Waterbrooks' dinner party, is connected with banking and the law.
Mrs. Gummidge	Mrs. Gummidge lives in Mr. Peggotty's house and is the widow of Mr. Peggotty's former partner.
Mrs. Heep	Mrs. Heep, Uriah Heep's mother, is a widow.
Captain Hopkins	Captain Hopkins, an acquaintance of Mr. Micawber, is an inmate in debtor's prison.
Janet	Janet is Miss Betsey's maid.
Jip	Jip, short for Gipsy, is Dora's little dog.
Master Jones	Master Jones is a student at Dr. Strong's school whom Miss Shepherd likes more than David.
Joram	Joram is Mr. Omer's coffin maker who later manages the business.
Mr. Jorkins	Mr. Jorkins is Mr. Spenlow's partner who is falsely reputed to be a ruthless manager.
Mrs. Kidgerbury	Mrs. Kidgerbury is a maid employed by David and Dora Copperfield.
Miss Kitt	Miss Kitt is a young woman David flirts with at Dora's birthday party.
Miss Larkins	Miss Larkins is David's love interest at age 17.
Miss Lavinia	Miss Lavinia Spenlow is Dora's aunt, who takes her in after Dora's father dies.
Littimer	Littimer is Steerforth's servant who helps him run away with Emily.
Jack Maldon	Jack Maldon is Annie Strong's cousin and childhood companion with whom she's suspected of having an affair.
Markham	Markham is an Oxford friend of Steerforth who attends David's housewarming dinner.
Mrs. Markleham	Mrs. Markleham, called the Old Soldier, is Annie Strong's mother.
Mr. Mell	Mr. Charles Mell is an assistant master at Salem House.
Mrs. Mell	Mrs. Mell is Charles Mell's mother who lives in the poorhouse.
Master Micawber	Master Wilkins Micawber Jr. is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber.
Miss Micawber	Little Miss Emma Micawber is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber.
Mr. Micawber	Mr. Wilkins Micawber, a family man constantly in debt, rents a room to David in London and later reenters his life.
Mrs. Micawber	Mrs. Emma Micawber believes in Mr. Micawber's ability to succeed.
Julia Mills	Julia Mills is Dora Spenlow's bosom friend and confidant.
Miss Mowcher	Miss Mowcher, a dwarf, is a traveling hairdresser.
Mr. Murdstone	Mr. Edward Murdstone, Clara Copperfield's second husband, is cruel and controlling.
Miss Murdstone	Miss Jane Murdstone is Mr. Murdstone's sister, who moves into the Copperfield home.
Minnie Omer	Minnie Omer, a seamstress and the daughter of Mr. Omer, marries Joram.
Mr. Omer	Mr. Omer is the undertaker who arranges Clara Copperfield's funeral.
Mary Anne Paragon	Mary Anne Paragon is one of David and Dora's incompetent maids.
Mr. Passnidge	Mr. Passnidge is an associate of Mr. Murdstone.
Ham Peggotty	Ham Peggotty, Mr. Peggotty's nephew, is a fisherman and boat builder who is jilted by Emily.
Mr. Peggotty	Mr. Daniel Peggotty, Clara Peggotty's brother, is a fisherman who lives in a converted boat and adopts his orphaned niece and nephew.
Mealy Potatoes	Mealy Potatoes is a boy who works at the Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse.
Mr. Quinion	Mr. Quinion, an associate of Mr. Murdstone, is the manager of the Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse.
Mr. Sharp	Mr. Sharp is first master at Salem House.
Miss Shepherd	Miss Shepherd is David's dancing school partner and his first love in Canterbury.
Mr. Spenlow	Mr. Francis Spenlow is David Copperfield's employer at Doctor's Common, and Dora's father.
Mr. Spiker	Mr. Spiker is a solicitor and a guest at the Waterbrooks' dinner party.
Mrs. Spiker	Mrs. Spiker, dubbed "Hamlet's aunt" by David, holds forth on the merits of aristocracy at the Waterbrooks' dinner party.
Mrs. Steerforth	Mrs. Steerforth is James Steerforth's doting mother.
Annie Strong	Annie Strong is Dr. Strong's much younger wife, who is falsely suspected of being unfaithful to him.
Doctor Strong	Doctor Strong, the headmaster at David's school in Canterbury, is writing a Greek dictionary.
Mr. Tiffey	Mr. Tiffey is a clerk at Spenlow and Jorkins.
Tipp	Tipp is a worker at the Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse.
Tommy Traddles	Tommy Traddles, David's schoolmate at Salem House, becomes a close friend.
Tungay	Tungay, Creakle's assistant at Salem House, has a wooden leg.
The waiter	The waiter at the Golden Cross in London makes David feel young and inexperienced.
Mick Walker	Mick Walker, the oldest of the boys who work at the Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse, is the son of a bargeman.
Mr. Waterbrook	Mr. Waterbrook is Mr. Whitfield's agent in London.
Mrs. Waterbrook	Mrs. Waterbrook, the wife of Mr. Waterbrook, invites David to a dinner party.
Mr. Wickfield	Mr. Wickfield, Miss Betsey's lawyer in Canterbury, is Agnes's father and Uriah Heep's employer.
William (1)	William is the waiter at the Yarmouth inn who tricks David out of his meal.
William (2)	William is the coachman who convinces David Copperfield to give up his seat.

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