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Uriah Heep
Original Charles Dickens 100+ year old Character Print 10x13 1/2 in Fabulous Antique Frame 16x20
Antique Signed F (Frederick) Barnard '84
From the Estate of a Prominent Local Antiques Dealer
$325.00
Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his
novel David Copperfield.
The character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and general
insincerity. His references to David as "Master Copperfield" are repeated so
often that they quickly seem insincere. He is the central antagonist of the later part of the book. David first meets him when he is
living with Mr. Wickfield and his daughter Agnes. Uriah explains in another part
of the book that his ambition and greed are fueled by his lack of ability to
express it during his childhood because of his father who constantly encouraged
him to be "humble". This lack of correct psychological and social development
perpetuated by his father led Uriah to become the scheming and greedy person he
is as an adult. Uriah works as Mr. Wickfield's clerk and because of Mr.
Wickfield's alcoholism Uriah controls most of his life and business. He eventually
succeeds in having himself made a full partner in the business. His eventual
ambition is to marry Agnes and gain control of the Wickfield fortune. Like most
of Dickens' villains, greed is his main motivation. Heep is eventually stymied
by Mr Micawber and Tommy Traddles, with help from David and Agnes. Once his
fraud and treachery are unmasked, he persists in hounding Micawber and
Copperfield. Towards the end of the novel, he is last seen in Mr. Creakle's
prison where we find that he has returned to his "humble" ways, and puts himself
forward as a model prisoner
