David was born half an orphan - six months after the death of his father. At first, the boy grew up surrounded by the love of his mother and nanny, but with the advent of his stepfather, a stubborn tyrant who considers the child his burden, he had to forget about his former life. Another "mentor", an ignorant Mr. Crickle, a former hop merchant who became the school principal, continued to hammer into his young hero his poor ideas about order. These barbarous methods of education will interrupt the seemingly harsh Betsy Trotwood, which will become for the boy the embodiment of goodness and justice.
