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David Copperfield, Chapter 27 summary

Chapter 27 of 64 · 15 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 27, Copperfield visits Traddles, learns about his difficult progress toward a legal career and his engagement, and discovers that he lodges with the Micawbers. Their warm reunion renews an old friendship, while Traddles’s careful savings contrast with Mr. Micawber’s continuing debts and hopes of an unspecified opportunity.

What happens

  1. Copperfield reaches Traddles’s shabby lodging house and hears a milkman demand payment from a young servant.
  2. Traddles welcomes him and explains how legal work, compilation, and careful spending support his studies for the bar.
  3. Traddles describes his engagement to a curate’s daughter and proudly displays two furnishings for their intended home.
  4. Copperfield discovers that the Micawbers are Traddles’s landlords and enjoys an affectionate reunion with them.
  5. Copperfield declines dinner, arranges to entertain his friends, and hears Mr. Micawber privately describe his financial troubles and expectations.

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David CopperfieldMr. Micawber

What to notice

Traddles describes the practical restraint behind his hopes. His modest spending contrasts with the financial disorder surrounding the Micawbers.

Quick check

How does Traddles support himself while studying for the bar?

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