Before David Copperfield came to the world, his father died, and he grew up under the care of his mother and maid Peggotty.Soon, the mother remarried, and his stepfather, Mordstone, was fierce and greedy. He regarded David as a burden, and sent David to Peggotty's brother's house before their marriage.Peggotty was an upright and kind fisherman who lived in a cabin converted from a broken ship on the shore of Yarmouth and lived with an adopted pair of orphans (his sister's daughter Emily and his brother's son Haimu). Live a life of poverty and harmony with them. After David returned home, his stepfather often beat him and deprived his mother of his care and affection.After his mother died, his stepfather immediately sent David, who was less than 10 years old, to be a child laborer washing wine bottles, making him live a life without food and clothing.He went through hardships and finally found his aunt, Miss Bessie.

Miss Bessie is eccentric by nature, but kind-hearted.She took David in and let him go to school for further studies.During David's studies, he boarded at the home of his aunt's lawyer, Wakefield, and formed friendship with his daughter Anis.But David was extremely disgusted with a secretary named Hipp hired by Wakefield, and hated his ugly, ingratiating appearance. David went on a trip after graduating from middle school, and met his childhood classmate Steerforth.The two came to Yarmouth together and visited the Peggotty family.Emily, who has been engaged to Haimu, can't stand the temptation of the rich young master Steerforth, and elopes with Steerforth abroad on the eve of their wedding.Peggotty was in great pain, and vowed to find Emily back.

David returns to London as a trainee at Spenlow Law Firm.He learns from Anis that lawyer Wakefield has fallen into the trap designed by scheming Shipp and is in a desperate situation.This made David very angry.But at this time, David fell in love and fell in love with Dora, the daughter of lawyer Spenlow.Their married life is not ideal, because Dora is a beautiful but simple-minded "doll".My aunt was also on the verge of bankruptcy.At this time, David met again his landlord Micawber when he was a child laborer, and Micawber is now Heep's secretary.After a fierce ideological struggle, Micawber revealed Heep's conspiracy to frame Wakefield and cause Miss Bessie to go bankrupt.In the face of the facts, Hipp had no choice but to plead guilty.Later, he was sentenced to life imprisonment because of other cases.In order to thank Micawber, Miss Bessie sent him a sum of money to make him rich and successful in Australia.

At the same time, Peggotty, after running around, finally found Emily, who had been thrown into London after being abandoned by Steerforth, and decided to take her to Australia to start a new life.On the eve of departure, on a stormy sea, a passenger ship from Spain sank in distress in Yarmouth, with a dying passenger climbing on the mast.Regardless of his own danger, Haimu went into the sea to rescue him, but was unfortunately swallowed by huge waves.When people picked up his body, the body of the passenger on the ship also floated to the shore. It turned out to be Steerforth who abducted Emily!Emily misses Haimu, finds peace in labor after going to Australia, and never marries for life.

David became a writer.But Dora was seriously ill and passed away on the eve of Peggotty's departure to Australia.Anis kept in touch with David during his grief-stricken travels abroad.When he returned to England three years later, he found that Anis had always loved him.They finally got married and lived happily with their aunt Bessie and their maid Peggotty.