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The Personal History And Experience Of David Copperfield The Younger

CHAPTER 5 :  I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME

Summary

  Copperfield is extremely upset when he is sent away to school.
(He learns that he has been sent early as a punishment).
Mr Mell looks after him until the other pupils arrive.
However, he is made to wear a plaque on his back, which reads Take Care of Him, He Bites.
Mr Creakle, the headmaster, is extremely nasty and violent. 

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