James Steerforth James Steerforth James Steerforth is a character in the novel "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens. He is a handsome young man noted for his wit and romantic charm. Though he is well liked by his friends, he proves himself to be lacking in consideration for others. David Copperfield first meets James Steerforth as a boy attending Salem House boarding school. He is a few years older than David, and is first seen when dealing with a group of younger boys who are taunting David about biting his stepfather. David quickly comes to admire and respect him, as the other boys
T.P. James T.P. James Thomas Power James (better known as T. P. James) was a publisher in Brattleboro, Vermont best known for publishing a completion of Charles Dickens' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" claimed to be written by the spirit of Dickens channeled through a spiritualist summoning. The book, published in 1873 under the title "Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood," was reviewed by the "New York Times," as well as regional newspapers, like the "Salem Observer". With a successful marketing campaign, the book became an item of comment in the literary community, with an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle