Sammanfattning av David Copperfield, Chapter 9

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1. Mrs. Creakle gently prepares David for terrible news, and he understands that his mother is dead.
2. Schoolmates offer comfort before David travels to Yarmouth, where Mr. Omer measures him for mourning clothes.
3. David learns that his baby brother is also dead and recognizes the hammering as work on his mother’s coffin.
4. At home, Peggotty comforts David, while Mr. Murdstone grieves silently and Miss Murdstone concentrates on practical arrangements.
5. Peggotty recounts his mother’s final illness and wishes, strengthening David’s memory of her as his affectionate young mother.

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David imaginatively identifies with his dead brother. The image joins his grief for his mother with the loss of his own early closeness to her.

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