Barnaby Rudge, after the death of his father, gradually became more rational and was everywhere a great favorite with old and young. He and his mother lived always on the Maypole farm, and there were never two more contented souls than they.
As for Grip, the raven, he soon forgot his jail experience and grew sleek and glossy again. For a whole year he never uttered a word till one sunny morning he suddenly broke out with, "I'm a devil, I'm a devil, I'm a devil!" in extraordinary rapture. From that time on he talked more and more, and as he was only one hundred and fifty years old when Barnaby was gray headed (a mere infant for a raven) he is very probably talking yet.
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Published 1849–1850
| Scene: | London, Yarmouth, Dover and the Country |
| Time: | 1812 to 1842 |
CHARACTERS
| David Copperfield | A fatherless boy | ||
| Miss Betsy Trotwood | His aunt | ||
| Peggotty | His nurse | ||
| Mr. Murdstone | His stepfather | ||
| Miss Murdstone | Mr. Murdstone's sister | ||
| Mr. Peggotty | A fisherman | ||
| Peggotty's brother | |||
| Ham | Their nephew | ||
| Mrs. Gummidge | The widow of Mr. Peggotty's dead partner | ||
| "Little Em'ly" | Peggotty's orphan niece | ||
| Barkis | A cart driver | ||
| Later, Peggotty's husband | |||
| Mr. Creakle | Proprietor of a boys' school | ||
| Tommy Traddles James Steerforth | Schoolmates and friends of David's | ||
| Mr. Micawber | A London friend of David's | ||
| Always "waiting for something to turn up" | |||
| "Mr. Dick" | A simple-minded relative of Miss Betsy Trotwood's | ||
| Mr. Wickfield | Miss Betsy's lawyer | ||
| Agnes | His daughter | ||
| Uriah Heep | His clerk | ||
| Later, his partner | |||
| Doctor Strong | David's schoolmaster in Dover | ||
| Dora Spenlow | The daughter of David's employer and his "child-wife" | ||