

Copperfield has some hope that David's great aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood, will step in and look after David financially.

David comes into the world soon after his mother loses her husband, David's father. He's born on a Friday, at 12:00 am, in Blunderstone, Suffolk. Annie Strong, Martha Endell, Julia Mills, or Sophy Crewler, check out our character analyses or read our chapter-by-chapter summary.) David Copperfield's life starts where all of our lives start: birth. (By the way, we're doing our best to make this summary brief – which, with a 900-page novel, isn't easy – so we can't include every single subplot here if you want to know more about Miss Rosa Dartle, Mrs.
