B1 - David Copperfield

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and retold by Alex Peet. B1.  The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.  David Copperfield looks back on the first twenty-five years of his life. He is only eight years old when his mother, a young pretty widow, remarries. Unfortunately Mr Murdstone is not a good husband or father. David is sent away to school and only returns home when tragedy strikes. Unloved and unwanted, he is sent to work in a factory. But David is a resourceful boy and determines to find a better life for himself.