siness,
succeeding his father as landlord of the old Maypole Inn, and there they
lived long and happily.

Barnaby Rudge, after the death of his father, gradually became more
rational and was everywhere a great favorite with old and young. He and
his mother lived always on the Maypole farm, and there were never two
more contented souls than they.

As for Grip, the raven, he soon forgot his jail experience and grew
sleek and glossy again. For a whole year he never uttered a word till
one sunny morning he suddenly broke out with, "I'm a devil, I'm a devil,
I'm a devil!" in extraordinary rapture. From that time on he talked more
and more, and as he was only one hundred and fifty years old when
Barnaby was gray headed (a mere infant for a raven) he is very probably
talking yet.

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

Published 1849-1850

_Scene_: London, Yarmouth, Dover and the Country

_Time_: 1812 to 1842

CHARACTERS

David Copperfield A fatherless boy

Miss Betsy Trotwood His aunt

Peggotty His nurse

Mr. Murdstone His stepfather

Miss Murdstone Mr. Murdstone's sister

Mr. Peggotty A fisherman
Peggotty's brother

Ham Their nephew

Mrs. Gummidge The widow of Mr. Peggotty's dead partner

"Little Em'ly" Peggotty's orphan niece

Barkis A cart driver
Later, Peggotty's husband

Mr. Creakle Proprietor of a boys' school

Tommy Traddles }
} Schoolmates and friends of David's
James Steerforth }

Mr. Micawber A London friend of David's
Always "waiting for something to turn up"

"Mr. Dick" A simple-minded relative of
Miss Betsy Trotwood's

Mr. Wickfield Miss Betsy's lawyer

Agnes His daughter

Uriah Heep His clerk
Later, his partner

Doctor Strong