David Copperfield, Chapter 12: Zusammenfassung

Was geschieht

1. Mr. Micawber receives a discharge order, but he and his wife become unexpectedly miserable as their familiar troubles end.
2. The prospect of losing the Micawbers leads David to decide that he must escape his warehouse life.
3. The Micawbers share a farewell dinner with David, offer advice, and leave for Plymouth.
4. Peggotty sends David half a guinea and tells him that Miss Betsey lives near Dover.
5. David finishes his working week without collecting wages and hires a young man to transport his box.
6. The young man steals David’s money and box, and David abandons pursuit and turns toward Greenwich.

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Worauf Sie achten sollten

David recognizes that waiting brings no change. This conviction turns his distress into a practical decision to leave.

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