David Copperfield

In this classic tale, a young boy is deeply affected when his widowed mother remarries. When his mother dies, David's stepfather sends him to work in a London factory. After Wilkins Micawber, his landlord in London, is sent to prison, David escapes London and takes refuge in Dover with Betsey Trotwood, his aunt. After a conventional schooling and a brief legal career he later becomes a novelist.