What inspired Charles Dickens to write David Copperfield?

In January of 1849 Dickens begins to write David Copperfield and his son Henry Fielding Dickens is born. In August of 1850 daughter, Dora Annie Dickens is born. ... David's pretty young mother, whose character was inspired by Dickens's mother, who attended a ball on the very night she gave birth to her son Charles. read more

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. David Copperfield was Dickens’s eighth novel. It was first published in 1849. The novel held a special place in Dickens’s heart. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, “like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. read more

Dickens was a literary celebrity throughout England for the rest of his life. In 1849, Dickens began to write David Copperfield, a novel based on his early life experiences. Like Dickens, David works as a child, pasting labels onto bottles. David also becomes first a law clerk, then a reporter, and finally a successful novelist. Mr. read more