# David Copperfield — Character guide

> Key figures in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

- [David Copperfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/david_copperfield.md): The narrator and protagonist, who recounts his life from childhood to maturity.
- [Clara Peggotty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/clara_peggotty.md): David's devoted nurse and housekeeper, later Mrs. Barkis.
- [Wilkins Micawber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/wilkins_micawber.md): A charming, improvident gentleman who befriends David and always expects something to turn up.
- [Agnes Wickfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/agnes_wickfield.md): David's beloved friend and moral compass, daughter of Mr. Wickfield.
- [Dora Spenlow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/dora_spenlow.md): David's first wife, a pretty but impractical young woman.
- [Uriah Heep](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/uriah_heep.md): A scheming, hypocritical clerk who manipulates Mr. Wickfield.
- [James Steerforth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/james_steerforth.md): David's charismatic but morally flawed schoolfriend.
- [Betsey Trotwood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/betsey_trotwood.md): David's eccentric but kind-hearted great-aunt who becomes his guardian.
- [Tommy Traddles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/tommy_traddles.md): David's loyal, hardworking schoolfriend who becomes a lawyer.
- [Ham Peggotty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/ham_peggotty.md): A kind-hearted fisherman, nephew of Mr. Peggotty.
- [Little Em'ly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/little_emly.md): Mr. Peggotty's niece, whose tragic story is central to the plot.
- [Mr. Peggotty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_peggotty.md): A humble Yarmouth fisherman who raises his orphaned niece and nephew.
- [Mr. Murdstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_murdstone.md): David's cruel stepfather who sends him to work in a warehouse.
- [Miss Murdstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/miss_murdstone.md): Mr. Murdstone's stern, meddlesome sister.
- [Mr. Dick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_dick.md): A gentle, simple-minded man who lives with Betsey Trotwood.
- [Mr. Wickfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_wickfield.md): Agnes's father, a lawyer whose weakness for drink is exploited by Heep.
- [Mr. Barkis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_barkis.md): A wagoner who marries Peggotty and is famously 'willin'.
- [Mrs. Micawber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_micawber.md): Mr. Micawber's devoted wife who never deserts him.
- [Mr. Spenlow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_spenlow.md): Dora's father, a proctor who employs David.
- [Rosa Dartle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/rosa_dartle.md): A bitter, sharp-tongued companion to Mrs. Steerforth.
- [Mrs. Steerforth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mrs_steerforth.md): James Steerforth's proud and doting mother.
- [Doctor Strong](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/doctor_strong.md): A kindly, learned schoolmaster and friend of David's aunt.
- [Mrs. Strong](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mrs_strong.md): Doctor Strong's much younger wife, loyal despite gossip.
- [Miss Mowcher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/miss_mowcher.md): A sharp-witted dwarf who works as a hairdresser and matchmaker.
- [Mr. Creakle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_creakle.md): The harsh headmaster of Salem House school.
- [Mrs. Gummidge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mrs_gummidge.md): A widowed, complaining woman who lives with the Peggotty family.
- [Mr. Chillip](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_chillip.md): A timid doctor who attends David's birth.
- [Sophy Traddles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/sophy_traddles.md): Traddles's devoted wife, who helps support his large family.
- [Mrs. Crupp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mrs_crupp.md): David's nosy, scheming landlady in London.
- [Jack Maldon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/jack_maldon.md): Mrs. Strong's cousin and former suitor, a selfish naval officer.
- [Martha Endell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/martha_endell.md): A fallen woman from Yarmouth who helps find Little Em'ly.
- [Miss Mills](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/miss_mills.md): Dora's sentimental friend and confidante.
- [Mr. Omer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_omer.md): A friendly Yarmouth undertaker and tailor.
- [Mrs. Heep](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mrs_heep.md): Uriah Heep's fawning, sycophantic mother.
- [Mr. Mell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_mell.md): A poor, kind usher at Salem House who is dismissed by Steerforth.
- [Mr. Quinion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_quinion.md): Manager of Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse where David works.
- [Mr. Jorkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_jorkins.md): Spenlow's silent, feared partner in the proctor firm.
- [Miss Larkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/miss_larkins.md): A beautiful older girl David admires as a youth.
- [Mr. Waterbrook](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_waterbrook.md): A pompous London merchant who employs Traddles.
- [Mr. Tiffey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_tiffey.md): Chief clerk at Spenlow and Jorkins's proctor office.
- [Mrs. Markleham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_markleham.md): Mrs. Strong's talkative, manipulative mother.
- [Clara Copperfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/clara_copperfield.md): David's gentle, beautiful mother who dies young.
- [Mr. Heep](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_heep.md): Uriah Heep's father, briefly mentioned as a humble man.
- [Mr. Dolloby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/david_copperfield_se/characters/mr_dolloby.md): A pawnbroker who buys David's waistcoat.

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