1 He has a very pretty little niece too, whom he adopted as a daughter.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME 2 'That was his nephew,' I replied; 'whom he adopted, though, as a son.'
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME 3 I have been adopted by an aunt down in that part of the country, and have just finished my education there.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 4 A dashing way he had of treating me like a plaything, was more agreeable to me than any behaviour he could have adopted.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY 5 I have adopted him,' said my aunt, with a wave of her hand, importing that his knowledge and his ignorance were all one to her, 'and I have brought him here, to put to a school where he may be thoroughly well taught, and well treated.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING 6 She took so kindly to me, that, in the course of a few weeks, she shortened my adopted name of Trotwood into Trot; and even encouraged me to hope, that if I went on as I had begun, I might take equal rank in her affections with my sister Betsey Trotwood.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING 7 Then, in the privacy of my own little cabin, she informed me that Ham and Em'ly were an orphan nephew and niece, whom my host had at different times adopted in their childhood, when they were left destitute: and that Mrs. Gummidge was the widow of his partner in a boat, who had died very poor.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE