Peggotty

I was quite heart – broken myself, and am afraid that in the first transports of wounded tenderness I called Peggotty a ‘Beast’.

David Copperfield 2007

I was quite heart-broken myself, and am afraid that in the first transports of wounded tenderness I called Peggotty a 'Beast'.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

I was quite heart-broken myself, and am afraid that in the first transports of wounded tenderness I called Peggotty a “beast.

II. I Observe 1917

As he called Peggotty 'Lass', and gave her a hearty smack on the cheek, I had no doubt, from the general propriety of her conduct, that he was her brother; and so he turned out - being presently introduced to me as Mr. Peggotty, the master of the house.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

As he called Peggotty 'Lass', and gave her a hearty smack on the cheek, I had no doubt, from the general propriety of her conduct, that he was her brother; and so he turned out-being presently introduced to me as Mr. Peggotty, the master of the house.

David Copperfield 1850

I was quite heart-broken myself, and am afraid that in the first transports of wounded tenderness I called Peggotty a 'Beast'.

David Copperfield 1850

I was quite heart-broken myself, and am afraid that in the first transports of wounded tenderness I called Peggotty a 'Beast'.

David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841

As he called Peggotty “Lass, ” and gave her a hearty smack on the cheek, I had no doubt, from the general propriety of her conduct, that he was her brother; and so he turned out—being presently introduced to me as Mr. Peggotty, the master of the house.

III. I Have a Change 1917

We are talking about your heroes and your villains: Pecksniff, Squeers, Quilp, Murdstone, Headstone; your jokes and your pathos; your silly, pretty little women; your strong women – Betsey Trotwood, Peggotty – and your glorious comic women: Mrs Gamp, Mrs Todgers, Flora Finching.

A letter to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday 2012

And don't forget Uriah Heep and Peggotty, or Steerforth.

A Dream of Kings 2009