《大卫·科波菲尔》是狄更斯盼重要作品之一。小说因主人公大卫·科波菲尔的生活道路与作者的经历有颇多相似之处，因而被认为是一部半自传体小说，它的成就超过了狄更斯所有其他作品。

大卫·科波菲尔是个遗腹子，他在母亲及女仆辟果提的照管下长大。不久母亲改嫁，继父摩德斯通婚前就把大卫送到住在雅茅斯海边的辟果提哥哥家里。大卫回家后，继父常常责打他，并且剥夺了他母亲对他的关怀和爱抚。母亲去世后，继父立即把不到十岁的大卫送去做童工。他历尽艰辛，最后找到了姨婆贝西小姐。贝西小姐收留了大卫，让他上学深造。大卫求学期间，寄宿在姨婆的律师威克菲尔家里，与律师的女儿安妮斯结下情谊，但对一个名叫希普的书记极为反感……

Chapter 1 Am Born

Chapter 2 Observe

Chapter 3 Have a Change

Chapter 4 Fall into Disgrace

Chapter 5 Am Sent Away from Home

Chapter 6 Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance

Chapter 7 My "First Half" at Salem House

Chapter 8 My Holidays, Especially One Happy Afternoon

Chapter 9 I Have a Memorable Birthday

Chapter 10 I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For

Chapter 11 1 Begin Life On MyOwn Account, and Don't Like It

Chapter 12 Liking Life on My Own Account No Better,I Form a Great Resolution

Chapter 13 The Sequel of My Resolution

Chapter 14 MyAunt Makes up Her Mind aboutMe

Chapter 15 1 Make Another Beginning

Chapter 16 I Am a New Boy in More Senses than One

Chapter 17 Somebody Turns Up

Chapter 18 A Retrospect

Chapter 19 I Look about Me: and Make a Discovery

Chapter 20 Steerforth's Home

Chapter 21 Little Em'ly

Chapter 22 Some Old Scenes, and Some New People

Chapter 23 I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession

Chapter 24 My First Dissipation

Chapter 25 Good and Bad Angels.

Chapter 26 I Fall into Captivity

Chapter 27 Tommy Traddles

Chapter 28 Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet

Chapter 29 I Visit Steerforth at His Home Again

Chapter 30 A Loss

Chapter 31 A Greater Loss

Chapter 32 The Beginning of a Long Journey

Chapter 33 Blissful

Chapter 34 My .AuntAstonishesMe

Chapter 35 Depression

Chapter 36 Enthusiasm.

Chapter 37 A Little Cold Water

Chapter 38 A Dissolution of partnership

Chapter 39 Wickfield and Heep

Chapter 40 The Wanderer

Chapter 41 Dora's Aunts

Chapter 42 Mischief

Chapter 43 Another Retrospect

Chapter 44 Our Housekeeping

Chapter 45 Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt's Predictions

Chapter 46 Intelligence

Chapter 47 Martha

Chapter 48 Domestic

Chapter 49 I Am Involved in Mystery

Chapter 50 Mr. Peggotty's Dream Comes True

Chapter 51 The Beginning ofa Longer Journey

Chapter 52 I Assist at an Explosion

Chapter 53 Another Retrospect

Chapter 54 Mr. Micawber's Transactions

Chapter 55 Tempest

Chapter 56 The New Wound, and the Old

Chapter 57 The Emigrants

Chapter 58 Absence

Chapter 59 Return

Chapter 60 Agnes

Chapter 61 I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents

Chapter 62 A Light Shines on My Way

Chapter 63 AVisitor

Chapter 64 ALast Retrospect