| While David attends school in , he stays with the Wickfields until he graduates | He is fond of making gigantic kites and tries to write a "Memorial" ie a Petition — though on what subject is never revealed but is unable to focus and finish it |
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| Letters written by Charles Dickens Letters, cited by recipient and date in the References, are found in the Pilgrim edition, published in 12 volumes, from 1965 to 2003 | The road is that of David's life, the main plot; the branches are born of meetings with him and lead to several secondary intrigues taken more or less far along |
Copperfield also examines some of his most culpable weaknesses, such as unconscious connivance his "own unconscious part" in the defilement of the Peggotty home by Steerforth, which he remains forever incapable of opposing: "I believe that if I had been brought face to face with him, I could not have uttered one reproach.
5| The personal history and experience of David Copperfield the younger | XIX-XX — November 1850 chapters 58—64 |
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| "Eccentricity as Englishness in David Copperfield" | " From start to finish, David remains fascinated by Steerforth, so he aspires inwardly to his social status |
Hablot Knight Browne Phiz [ ] drew the original, the first two illustrations associated with David Copperfield: on the wrapper for the serial publication, for which he engraved the silhouette of a baby staring at a globe, probably referring to the working title The Copperfield Survey of the World as it Rolled , and the frontispiece later used in the published books , and the title page.