WDavid Copperfield is the protagonist after which the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield was named. The character is widely thought to be based on Dickens himself, incorporating many elements of his own life.
WMr. Dick, whose full name is Richard Babley, is a character in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel, David Copperfield. He has childish traits and an obsession with work on his memorial from which he is constantly distracted by thoughts of King Charles' head. He may represent Dickens' difficult role as the author of this work, which alluded to Dickens' own traumatic childhood.
WUriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his 1850 novel David Copperfield. Heep is one of the main antagonists of the novel. His character is notable for his cloying humility, unctuousness, obsequiousness, and insincerity, making frequent references to his own "'umbleness". His name has become synonymous with sycophancy.
WWilkins Micawber is a clerk in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield. He is traditionally identified with the optimistic belief that "something will turn up."
WEdward Murdstone is a fictional character and one of the primary antagonists in the first part of the Charles Dickens 1850 novel David Copperfield.
WThe Peggotty family are fictional characters in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield.
WDora Spenlow is a character in the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. She is portrayed as beautiful yet childish. David, who is employed by her father, the lawyer Mr Spenlow, who falls in love with Dora at first sight and marries her. She proves unable to cope with the responsibilities of married life and is more interested in playing with her dog, Jip, than in acting as David's housekeeper. All this has a profound effect on David, but he still loves her. However, a year into their marriage, she suffers a miscarriage and her health steadily declines until she eventually dies.
WJames Steerforth is a character in the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. He is a handsome young man noted for his wit and romantic charm. Though he is well liked by his friends, he proves himself to be condescending and lacking in consideration for others.
WBetsey Trotwood is a fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1850 novel David Copperfield.
WAgnes Wickfield is a character of David Copperfield, the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens. She is a friend and confidante of David since his childhood and at the end of the novel, his second wife. In Dickens' language, she is the "real heroine" of the novel.