David Copperfield – Chapter 21-tiivistelmä

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1. During David’s visit, Littimer’s composed manners make him feel inexperienced, while Steerforth teaches him riding, fencing, and boxing.
2. David and Steerforth travel to Yarmouth, where Mr. Omer describes Em’ly’s apprenticeship and the gossip about her ambitions.
3. David joyfully reunites with Peggotty and visits the rheumatic Mr. Barkis, who secretly retrieves money to pay for dinner.
4. Steerforth wins Peggotty’s affection, and the friends visit Mr. Peggotty’s boat home during the celebration of Em’ly’s engagement.
5. Mr. Peggotty explains Ham’s faithful courtship, and Steerforth entertains everyone with conversation, stories, and singing.
6. After they leave, Steerforth disparages Ham, but David treats the remark as a joke and declares his admiration.

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Steerforth answers David’s wholehearted praise with a wish that complicates the evening’s apparent harmony. David receives no explanation of the contrast.

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