『壹』 急急急·魔术师大卫科波菲尔英语介绍及其中文翻译
David Copperfield, its English name David Copperfield, formerly known as David Kotkin [1], in September 1956 was born on 16, New Jersey, a Russian immigrant family, his childhood on the right has a strong interest in magic. The introverted, shy people easily find themselves the wisdom of their peers has won appreciation for his confidence. 12 years old, David has been able to skillfully conct magic shows, you can match with the professional magician. Soon he joined the National Association of magic, he became the world famous Magic the youngest member of the organization. In 1972, only 16-year-old David began as the Fine Arts Department at New York University undergraates courses teach magic.
His inspiration come from? David Copperfield used his own words, inspired by "not only from other magician predecessors," but also by the impact of a number of entertainment professionals, such as rock band or a visual artist. David said: "I have wanted to be a songwriter, and I worship the creator of those songs, because they can create their own life experiences into a song, the song moved the audience at the same time, they can vent their own. I always wanted to create a rock song can be remembered in history, but now, I am writing is the magic "story", I want to rely on them to impress the audience. I was able, through their own creative things are now asserting himself. "
戴维科波菲尔，英文名戴维科波菲尔，原名戴维Kotkin [ 1 ]，在1956九月出世在16，新泽西，俄国移民家庭，他的右边有一个童年在魔术的强烈兴趣。性格内向，害羞的人很容易找到自己的同龄的智慧有信心赢得赞赏他。12岁，戴维已经能够熟练地进行魔术表演，你可以配合专业的魔术师。不久，他加入了魔术协会，他成了世界著名的魔术组织中最年轻的成员。1972，年仅16岁的戴维便开始在纽约大学为本科生课程教魔术艺术系。
他的灵感来自哪里？戴维科波菲尔用他自己的话说，鼓舞”不仅从其他魔术师前辈，“但也遭到了一些娱乐场所从业人员的影响，如摇滚乐队或视觉艺术家。戴维说：“我想成为一个歌手，我崇拜那些歌曲的创作者，因为他们可以创造自己的人生经验成一首歌，这首歌打动观众，在同一时间，他们可以发泄自己的。我一直想做一个摇滚歌曲可以铭记历史，但是现在，我写的是神奇的“故事”，我希望靠它们来给观众留下深刻的印象。我可以通过自己的创造性的东西，现在断言自己。”
『贰』 求《大卫·科波菲尔》的英语简介
Hugely admired by Tolstoy, David Copperfield is the novel that draws most closely from Charles Dickens's own life. Its eponymous hero, orphaned as a boy, grows up to discover love and happiness, heartbreak and sorrow amid a cast of eccentrics, innocents, and villains. Praising Dickens's power of invention, Somerset Maugham wrote: "There were never such people as the Micawbers, Peggotty and Barkis, Traddles, Betsey Trotwood and Mr. Dick, Uriah Heep and his mother. They are fantastic inventions of Dickens's exultant imagination...you can never quite forget them."
『叁』 大卫科波菲尔的英文的介绍
David Copperfield Image:http://www.tbpac.com/shows/show images/davidcopperfield.jpg
Born: September 16, 1956(age 50)
Metuchen, New Jersey
Occupation: magician, illusionist
David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin on September 16, 1956) is a world-renowned Jewish American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of spectacular illusions and storytelling. His most famous illusions include making the Statue of Liberty "disappear", "flying", "levitating"' over the Grand Canyon, and "walking through" the Great Wall of China.
Contents
1Biography
2Personal life
3Television specials
4Filmography
5See also
6References
7External links
[edit]Biography
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Copperfield was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, to Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants. He began practicing magic at the age of 12, and became the youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians.[citation needed] By age 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University.[citation needed] At age 18, he enrolled at Fordham University, and was cast in the lead role of the Chicago-based musical The Magic Man three weeks into his freshman year,[citation needed] adopting his new stage name "David Copperfield". At age 19, he was headlining at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.[citation needed]
David Copperfield played the character of Ken the magician in the 1980 horror film Terror Train. He also made an uncredited appearance in the 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter. Most of his media appearances have been through television specials and guest spots on television programs.
In 1982, Copperfield founded Project Magic,[1] a rehabilitation program to help disabled patients regain lost or damaged dexterity skills. The program has been accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association, and is in use in over 1,000 hospitals worldwide.
David Copperfield at one time was ready to open a "Theme" restaurant called "Magic Underground." There were to be two locations, one in New York City and one in Walt Disney World (built in the shape of a Hidden Mickey). These locations would allow "D.A.V.I.D" (Digital, Audio, Video, Interface, Device) to remotely interact with the guests in the restaurant. It was basically a high tech videophone system. Other things such as the very table you were sitting at might "Float" around the room and even the waiters were to be involved performing magic as they brought your order to you. Eventually the New York project ran into trouble and it as well as the Walt Disney World location was aborted.
Copperfield has also attempted to preserve the history of the art of magic for present and future generations by providing a safe, permanent home for antiquarian props, books, and other historical ephemera related to conjuring. His vast collection, known as the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, is housed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Forbes Magazine reported that Copperfield earned $57 million in 2003, making him the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world. It also estimated that he made $57 million in 2004 (35th) and $57 million in 2005 (41st) in merchandise and tour revenue.[2] Copperfield performs over 500 shows per year throughout the world.[3]
[edit]Personal life
Copperfield was engaged to the supermodel Claudia Schiffer, but the couple parted ways in 1999 after a six year relationship. There was speculation that Schiffer was not actually Copperfield's girlfriend, but was instead a contractor working for him. The popular German tabloid Bild published a fax from Copperfield's management to Schiffer, informing her of Copperfield's itinerary, where she should appear with Copperfield, and her fees.[citation needed] Copperfield labeled the fax a forgery. Richard Jeffries, the father of Schiffer's next boyfriend, art dealer Tim Jeffries, stirred up the controversy further when he publicly stated that Copperfield never had sexual relations with Schiffer.[4] Copperfield's retort was that since Jeffries was never in their bedroom, he couldn't know. Schiffer also denied the accusations by Jeffries.[5]
In February 2006, David's father, Hy (who often accompanied David on his many tours around the world), died in San Diego, CA. David set up a website, rememberhy.com, so fans and friends could pay tribute.
In April 2006, Copperfield and two of his female assistants were robbed at gunpoint after a performance in West Palm Beach, Florida. His assistants gave the robbers their money, passports, and a cell phone. However, according to his police statement, Copperfield did not hand over anything. (He later claimed to have used sleight-of-hand to hide his possessions.[6]) One of Copperfield's assistants wrote down most of the license plate number, and the suspects were later arrested.[7] Terrance Riley, 17, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison for three counts of robbery with a weapon and one count of attempted robbery. Riley was also ordered to testify against his two co-defendants, his brother Dwayne Riley, 18, and Markeith Jones, 17.[8]
David Copperfield said in August 2006 that he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he had purchased on July 14th of that year. He claims that the water brings dead leaves back to life, and brings near dead insects back to life. He said he has hired biologists and geologists to examine its potential effect on humans. [2] [3] This claim echoes the precursor to many of his previous illusions and seems to predict what his next illusion will be.
[edit]Television specials
The Magic of ABC Starring David Copperfield (1977)
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
The Magic of David Copperfield II (1979)
The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980)
The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981)
The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue Of Liberty (1983)
The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984)
The Magic of David Copperfield VII: Familiares (1985)
The Magic of David Copperfield VIII: Walking Through the Great Wall of China (1986)
The Magic of David Copperfield IX: Escape From Alcatraz (1987)
The Magic of David Copperfield X: The Bermuda Triangle (1988)
The Magic of David Copperfield XI: Explosive Encounter (1989)
The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990)
The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery On The Orient Express (1991)
The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live The Dream (1992)
The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires Of Passion (1993)
David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994)
The David Copperfield: The Great Escapes
The Magic of David Copperfield XVII: Tornado Of Fire (2001) - Filmed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee
The Magic of David Copperfield XVII: Tornado of Fire (2001) - European Edition
『肆』 大卫·科波菲尔 简介
大卫·科波菲尔，英文名David Copperfield，原名大卫·科特金[1]，1956年9月16日出生于美国新泽西州一个俄罗斯移民的家庭，他从小就对魔术有着浓厚的兴趣。这个性格内向，容易腼腆的人发现自己的智慧赢得同伴们的赞赏，他信心倍增。12岁时，大卫已经能够熟练地进行魔术表演，可以与职业魔术师媲美。不久他参加了全美魔术家协会，成为这个世界著名魔术组织中最年轻的成员。1972年，年仅16岁的大卫便开始在纽约大学为艺术系的大学生讲授魔术课程。 生活照(10张) 1974年，大卫从新泽西州的麦森特高中毕业后，进入福特哈姆大学学习，这时芝加哥《魔术人》轻歌剧剧组邀请他领衔主演这部新型歌舞魔术剧。大卫中辍了短短三个星期的大学生活，全力投入了《魔术人》的创作。他不仅设计创作了剧中所需要的全部魔术，而且创造了载歌载舞表演魔术的风格，使这部音乐喜剧别具一格，成为芝加哥历史上连续上演时间最长的音乐喜剧。《魔术人》演出结束之后，大卫回到了纽约，他在进一步总结经验的基础上完善和发展自己的魔术风格，成为从他的同行中脱颖而出的魔术明星。在大卫20岁的时候，应美国哥伦比亚广播公司总裁弗富德·西尔弗曼的邀请，担当起ABC广播电视公司一个新的集锦式电视特别节目的主持人，这个节目命名为《ABC的魔术》，由大卫和来自ABC电视网的其他十四位明星联合演出，这个新颖的受到了各界欢迎，成为该公司收看率很高的节目。从此把大卫·科波菲尔非同凡响的魔术表演介绍给了美国各地观众。之后，大卫与哥伦比亚广播电视公司合作，拍摄《大卫·科波菲尔的魔术世界》系列专题节目，他高超的魔术技巧使成千上万的电视观众目瞪口呆。 写真(18张) 他的灵感来自哪里？用大卫·科波菲尔自己的话说，灵感“不仅来自于其他的魔术师前辈”，而且还受到一些娱乐界人士的影响，譬如摇滚乐队或视觉艺术家。大卫说：“我曾经想成为一名歌曲作者，而且我崇拜那些歌曲创作者，因为他们可以把自己对生命的体验创作成歌曲，在用歌曲打动听众的同时，他们也可以宣泄自我。我一直都想创作一首能够流芳百世的摇滚歌曲，但是现在，我创作的是魔术“故事”，我希望靠它们来打动观众。我能够通过自己现在创作的东西来表白自己。” 大卫·科波菲尔堪称古往今来最伟大的魔术大师，30多年来，他一次次超越人们的想象力，将一件件看似“不可能完成的任务”变为现实。凭着卓越的成就，大卫19次获得美国电视艺术艾美奖，其演出票房和收入连《狮子王》、《猫》和《歌剧院的幽灵》等经典节目也望尘莫及，他的大型表演《梦想与梦魇》至今还保持着百老汇的票房纪录。 1968年，12岁的大卫·科波菲尔在魔术界崭露头角，成为美国魔术师协会有史以来最年轻的会员。 1972年，年仅16岁的大卫在纽约大学教授《魔术艺术》课程。 1974年，大卫在音乐剧《魔术人》中出演主角，并开始创造自己的魔术。 1977年，大卫展开电视节目生涯，并使“大卫·科波菲尔”这个名字逐渐家喻户晓。 1979年，大卫在电影《恐怖列车》中扮演角色，展露了他的表演才能。 1980年，大卫成为有史以来被美国魔术艺术学会授予“年度魔术师”称号的最年轻艺术家。 1981年，大卫在众目睽睽之下让一架7吨重的喷气式飞机消失。同年，美国艺术家联合协会向他颁发了“年度娱乐明星”大奖。 1982年，大卫开创了以魔术治疗疾病、提高身体灵敏度的“魔术计划”。 1983年，当着众多现场观众及5000万电视观众，纽约的自由女神像在大卫的魔杖下突然无影无踪。 1984年，大卫成为首位与举世闻名的拉斯维加斯CEASAR宫签定长期演艺合约的魔术家。 1985年，大卫当选为“全美十大杰出人物”。 1986年，大卫穿越“万夫莫开”的万里长城，大卫和组员是第一个在中华人民共和国制作美国电视特别节目的美国制作群。 1987年，大卫从防范森严的美国阿尔卡特拉联邦监狱逃脱，成为历史上第一个逃出此监狱的人。 1988年，大卫代表美国在汉城奥运会上致辞。 1989年，大卫从一座正在爆破的大楼里顺利脱身。 1991年，大卫使一辆长85英尺、70吨的东方快车瞬间消失。 1992年，大卫创造经典魔术“飞翔”，成为第一个不借助绳索和摄像技巧而飞翔的魔术师，同时，该节目还被评论界誉为有史以来最伟大的一项魔术表演。 1993年，在电视特别节目《激情之火》中，大卫脱出捆绑在身上正在燃烧的绳索，从几十米的高处逃离。然后，他当着一位 大卫·科波菲尔
著名曲棍球明星的面，撕毁并复原了一张价值100万美元的收藏卡。 1995年，大卫成为唯一一位在好莱坞星光大道上获得一颗闪亮之星的当代魔术家。 1996年，大卫名为《梦想与梦魇》的大型表演打破了百老汇的票房纪录。 2000年，大卫被评为世纪FISM魔术家，并被美国国会图书馆评为“世纪传奇”。 2001年，他又神通广大地准确预测了德国国家彩票的中奖号码…… 2001年，大卫携大型舞台节目《入口》首次到中国演出，在香港和广州掀起前所未有的魔术热潮，5万张门票被一抢而光。 2002年，大卫来到中国在广州、上海、北京三地演出，在国内掀起前所未有的魔术热潮。 2007年，据中国新闻网10月20日报道 一名西雅图妇女指控美国著名魔术师大卫·科波菲尔在巴哈马强奸她。演出照(5张) 2007年，据美联社和《国民问询报》10月25日报道，日前，美国著名魔术大师大卫·科波菲尔突然被曝出因涉嫌强奸丑闻而遭到FBI调查，科波菲尔竟是打算用那200万美元现金封住少女的嘴，以免这一强奸丑闻象他的“魔术秘诀”一般泄露！举世震惊。
『伍』 狄更斯大卫科波菲尔英文版简介（250字左右），高二学生水平
PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION
Ido not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book,
in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with
the composure which this formal heading would seem to
require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is
so divided between pleasure and regret—pleasure in the
achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many
companions—that I am in danger of wearying the reader whom I
love, with personal confidences, and private emotions.
Besides which, all that I could say of the Story, to any purpose,
I have endeavoured to say in it.
It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how
sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years’
imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing
some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of
the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever. Yet, I have
nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might
be of less moment still) that no one can ever believe this Narrative,
in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing.
Instead of looking back, therefore, I will look forward. I cannot
close this Volume more agreeably to myself, than with a hopeful
glance towards the time when I shall again put forth my two green
leaves once a month, and with a faithful remembrance of the
genial sun and showers that have fallen on these leaves of David
Copperfield, and made me happy.
London, October, 1850. 我也看不懂这些是什么
『陆』 大卫科波菲尔简介英文
The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David is born in England in about 1820. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr. Edward Murdstone. David is given good reason to dislike his stepfather and has similar feelings for Mr. Murdstone's sister, Jane, who moves into the house soon afterwards. Mr. Murdstone thrashes David for falling behind with his studies. Following one of these thrashings, David bites him and is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. Here he befriends James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles, both of whom he meets again later on. David returns home for the holidays to find that his mother has had a baby boy. Soon after, David goes back to Salem House, his mother and her baby die, and David has to return home immediately. Mr. Murdstone sends him to work in a factory in London, of which Murdstone is a joint owner. The grim reality of hand-to-mouth factory existence echoes Dickens' own travails in a blacking factory. His landlord, Wilkins Micawber, is sent to a debtor's prison (the King's Bench Prison) after going bankrupt, and is there for several months before being released and moving to Plymouth. David now has nobody left to care for him in London, and decides to run away. The story follows David as he grows to althood and is enlivened by the many well-known characters who enter, leave, and re-enter his life.
《大卫·科波菲尔》内容概括 大卫·科波菲尔尚未出世时，父亲就去世了，他在母亲及女仆的照管下长大。不久，母 亲改嫁，后父摩德斯通凶狠贪婪，他把大卫看作累赘，婚前就把大卫送到了女仆的哥哥佩克 提家里。佩克提是个正直善良的渔民，住在雅茅斯海边一座用破船改成的小屋里，与收养的 一对孤儿艾米丽和海穆相依为命，大卫和他们一起过着清苦和睦的生活。 出于对母亲的思念，大卫又回到了后父家。然而后父不但常常责打他，甚至剥夺了母亲 对他关怀和爱抚的权利。母亲去世后，后父立即就把不足 10 岁的大卫送去当洗刷酒瓶的童 工，大卫从此过起了不能温饱的生活。他历尽艰辛，最后找到了姨婆贝西小姐。 贝西小姐生性怪僻，但心地善良。她收留了大卫，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， 与他的女儿安妮斯结下了深厚的情谊。 但大卫对威克菲尔雇用 的一个名叫希普的书记极为反感，讨厌他那种阳奉阴违、曲意逢迎的丑态。 大卫中学毕业后外出旅行，邂逅了童年时代的同学斯蒂弗茨。两人一起来到雅茅斯，拜 访佩克提一家。 已经和海穆订婚的艾米丽经受不住阔少爷斯蒂弗茨的引诱， 竟在结婚前夕与 他私奔国外。佩克提痛苦万分，发誓要找回艾米丽。 大卫回到伦敦，在斯本罗律师事务所任见习生。他从安妮斯口中获悉，威克菲尔律师落 入诡计多端的希普所设计的陷阱，正处在走投无路的境地，这使大卫非常愤慨。此时的大卫 爱上了斯本罗律师的女儿朵拉，但两人婚后的生活并不理想。朵拉是个容貌美丽，但头脑简 单的“洋娃娃” 。贝西姨婆也濒临破产。这时，大卫再次遇见他当童工时的房东密考伯，密 考伯现在是希普的秘书， 经过激烈的思想斗争， 他最终揭露了希普陷害威克菲尔并导致贝西 小姐破产的种种阴谋。在事实面前，希普只好伏罪。 与此同时，佩克提和海穆经过多方奔波，终于找到了被斯蒂弗茨抛弃后，沦落在伦敦的 艾米丽，并决定将她带澳大利亚，开始新的生活。然而就在启程前夕，海上突然风狂雨骤， 一艘来自西班牙的客轮在雅茅斯遇险沉没， 只剩下一个濒死的旅客紧紧地抓着桅杆。 海穆见 状不顾自身危险，下海救他，不幸被巨浪吞没。当人们捞起他的尸体时，船上那名旅客的尸 体也漂到了岸边，原来竟是诱拐艾米丽的斯蒂弗茨。艾米丽为海穆的行动深深地打动了，回 到澳大利亚后，她终日在劳动中寻找安宁，并且终身未嫁。 大卫终于成了一名作家， 朵拉却患上了重病， 在佩克提返回澳大利亚前夕便离开了人世。 大卫满怀悲痛地出国旅行散心，其间，安妮斯始终与他保持联系。当他三年后返回英国时， 才发觉安妮斯一直爱着他。两人最终走到了一起，与姨婆贝西、女仆愉快地生活着。
『柒』 《大卫科波菲尔》英文简介,英文！！！
The quintessential novel from England's most beloved novelist, David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation。
『捌』 《大卫科波菲尔》简介
故事描述一位早年丧父的小男孩，因母亲的性格比较柔弱怕事，童年时受尽继父的虐待，生活苦不堪言。当母亲突然病逝后，他更是历尽艰辛，迫于无奈投身社会，辛劳地工作，饱受旁人的冷言冷语。塞不下了，看下面。给分啊
『玖』 查尔斯·狄更斯的作品大卫科波菲尔的英文简介
故事中，单亲的大卫有了一个乐于虐待他的继父。他被继父送进一所以体罚著称的学校，被迫辍学离家当童工，投奔姨婆后被送进另一所学校：完全象一所好学校应该有的样子。他当了律师，喜欢过三个女孩子……他和他身边的一群人与我们和我们的周围那么相似，除了时代和地点不同，但所有的差别也就仅此而已。大卫的世界，让我们看到自己的世界。大卫·考波菲尔——主角，却又最能从另一个角度上被忽略。 大卫是幸运的，尽管小时侯有磨难，却可以同时获得一个了解外界的意外机会。他在外界慢慢成长，慢慢地脱离天真，从自己和别人的失败中认识到这个世界并不可能总是随人心愿。从“另一个角度上”来说，他只是小说中体现人性的一个工具而已。如果别人是彩色玻璃窗上的玻璃片，那他就是白色的墙壁，哪块玻璃是什么颜色，在他身上一目了然。监护人——主宰你最多的内心世界，最了解你，最为你着想。 大卫的母亲是一个过于年轻而且轻信的女子，大卫的父亲死后一段时间，她改嫁爱德华·摩德斯通，不幸他在沉闷的空气中死去了。她用她的教育给大卫的童年带来了快乐，而她改嫁后的痛苦和她一如既往的天真也和摩德斯通姐弟一起给大卫的孩童之心上了至少为时过早的一课。另外，还有一个朋友式的“监护人”： 克莱拉·佩戈蒂。找不到比“忠诚”更恰当的词语来形容她，她似乎不是受雇于大卫家，而是大卫的一个热心的亲戚，自动跑来帮忙——但亲戚又往往不会象佩戈蒂那样，和大卫在一起时除了更加成熟外似乎和他同龄，和大卫的母亲在一起时又好象是随时头脑清醒，有经验，有主意的长辈。社会上常常有与她类似的人，让人觉得温暖而可靠，小说中则把她的性格又鲜明化，完美化了。而说到大卫的姨婆——这才是一个监护人的典范，虽然大卫的母亲以及佩戈蒂的监护可以使大卫得到最多的快乐，但这位姨婆为大卫的未来做了严肃的考虑，若没有她，大卫的生活会完全不同。社会上这样的人通常就是我们父母中的一方，也就是所谓“严父慈母”或“慈父严母”中“严”的一方。至于大卫的继父，根本不算一个监护人。各种朋友——他们常常改变你的一生。大卫做童工时的房东米考伯夫妇，简而言之是一对爱面子的穷困贵族。他们债台高筑，一日三餐却是当了家里的东西也要吃得好，又有一个情绪起落大的毛病，也许只是小说夸张的产物？不得而知，也许别人的生活里也有这种人，谁知道呢。大卫在最初的学校里遇到过两个人：詹·斯蒂尔福斯——唯一不受虐待的学生，查理·梅尔——勤恳而不幸的教师。虽然后来的事实证明崇拜斯蒂尔福斯的人生观是错误的，但他在大卫童年时期确曾给大卫某一程度上好的影响，以后也使大卫的心智更加成熟。这样的人在社会上对大多数人来说是个祸害，而有时候却能凑巧使一个轻信的人成长。说到梅尔先生，他就象是黑暗中一个有微弱光芒的角落，虽然亮得有些力不从心，但他也让大卫隐约懂得了什么是对，什么是错。斯蒂尔福斯不是光明，只是黑暗中一块礁石暂时可以给你依靠，但他的本身还是黑暗的。大卫这一生最该交的朋友，则是阿格妮斯·威克菲尔——大卫读后一所学校时寄宿处主人的女儿。她就象是理智的化身，恬静而智慧。她成为她的父亲平生唯一的动机以及大卫寻求真理和解答的不二道路。她在现实社会中可以是一个永远冷静的谋略家，她似乎可以永远把所有事都当作别人的事来看，这让她得以永远用客观角度看清事物。