David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Like most of Charles Dickens' works, David Copperfield originally appeared in serial form a year earlier. Many elements within the novel David Copperfield follow events in Charles Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 Charles Dickens edition, he wrote, "… like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield."
The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David Copperfield was born in Blunderston near Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, England in 1820. David Copperfield's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother re-marries Mr. Edward Murdstone. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens: David Copperfield is given good reason to dislike his stepfather and has similar feelings for Mr Murdstone's sister Jane, who moves into the house soon afterwards. Mr Murdstone thrashes David for falling behind with his studies. Following one of these thrashings, David Copperfield bites him and soon afterward is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. Here he befriends James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles, both of whom become significant later on in the novel.
David Copperfield returns home for the holidays to find out that his mother has had a baby boy. Soon after David goes back to Salem House, his mother and her baby die and David Copperfield has to return home immediately. (Summary by Wikipedia)