Mr Barkis, Edward Murdstone and Tommy Traddles are all characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
Edward Murdstone Edward Murdstone Edward Murdstone (commonly known as Mr. Murdstone) is a fictional character and one of the primary antagonists in the first part of the Charles Dickens novel "David Copperfield". Near the beginning of the novel, Murdstone marries Clara Copperfield when David is about eight years old (David's father died six months before David was born). This arrangement is done secretly (much to Peggotty's disapproval), while David is away at the Yarmouth seashore. Soon after the marriage and David's return home, Murdstone's sister Jane moves into the house at Blunderstone with them. However, the Murdstones begin to show a much
USS Tommy Traddles (1906) USS Tommy Traddles (1906) USS "Tommy Traddles" was a motorboat the United States Navy acquired for use as a patrol vessel in 1917 but never commissioned. "Tommy Traddles", designed by Ralph Munroe (1851-1933), was built as a private wooden-hulled cabin motor launch (or yacht) of the same name in 1906 by the Charles L. Seabury Company and Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, for Vincent B. Hubbell. D. R. Hoornbeeck later purchased her from Hubbell. In 1915, Dr. J. B. Leffingwell of Bradenton, Florida, purchased her. On 25 June 1917, the U.S. Navy