David Copperfield

Start with the characters

The page includes several mind maps titled David Copperfield. One introduces David alongside his mother, Mr and Miss Murdstone, Betsy Trotwood and the Peggotty family. Another groups important characters into friends, family and enemies. These maps offer different ways to organize the people in the story.

Start with either character map, then look at the other to see how its groupings compare. The names and connections can give you a reference point as you study the other maps.

Follow David’s story

Another David Copperfield map organizes events around childhood, teenage years and adulthood. Its childhood material includes his life with his mother and Peggotty, and his mother’s marriage to Mr. Murdstone.

For a closer look at particular episodes, the page also lists maps about David meeting the Peggotty family, making friends at school, beginning work and finding his aunt Betsy. I Meet Old Friends covers his meeting with Steerforth and visits to Peggotty and Ham.

Use a map with the quiz

After looking at a character or story map, use the David Copperfield quiz to practice what you have studied. You can return to the maps afterward and compare the names and events you remember with the information shown there.

Teachers can use the same combination to select material for a class: a character map for organizing people in the story, a map focused on an episode, and the quiz for practice.

Explore this section

David Copperfield is one section of the Charles Dickens unit in Literature. This page brings its quiz and mind maps together, so you can move between an overview and resources focused on particular parts of the story.

Choose an episode map and explore it alongside the character maps.