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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

Average based on 1 comment. Synopses & Reviews Customer Comments (1) ISBN13: 9780140439441 ISBN10: 0140439447 All Product Details

 

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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 as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature’s great comic creations. In David Copperfield—the novel he described as his “favorite child”—Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

• This edition uses the text of the first book edition of 1850
• Includes updated suggestions for further reading, a revised chronology, and expanded notes
• introduction discusses the novel's autobiographical elements and its central themes of memory and identity

Synopsis:

This is the novel Dickens regarded as his "favourite child" and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life.

Synopsis:

David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations. In David Copperfieldthe novel he described as his favorite childDickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

Synopsis:

The classic saga of an orphaned boy making his way from the sweatshops of 19th-century London to finding family, love, and the good life by giving kindness and consideration to the people he meets along the way.

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About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812–1870), born one of eight children in Portsmouth, England, grew up in poverty and had little formal education, yet became the most prominent and revered of all English Victorian writers, as well as a political reporter and journalist.

Jeremy Tambling is professor of comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong.

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Much of the value of David Copperfield is in the well-written and diverse characters. Each of the characters has something to add to the story which is why David, in starting the book, uses the words that he does -- that he may or may not be the hero of his own story. This book is often overlooked because of the simple title and the prejudice against Dickens but it is really a fantastic story.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780140439441

Introduction:

Tambling, Jeremy

Notes by:

Tambling, Jeremy

Introduction by:

Tambling, Jeremy

Introduction:

Tambling, Jeremy

Author:

Browne, Hablot K.

Author:

Dickens, Charles

Author:

Tambling, Jeremy

Publisher:

Penguin Books

Subject:

Classics

Subject:

Young men

Subject:

Stepfathers

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

England

Subject:

Boys

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

2005

Edition Description:

Revised

Series:

Penguin Classics

Publication Date:

20041231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

1024

Dimensions:

7.74x5.16x1.77 in. 1.58 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18

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Product details 1024 pages Penguin Books - 2005-01-28 English 9780140439441 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Gardners, This is the novel Dickens regarded as his "favourite child" and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life.

"Synopsis" by Ingram, David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations. In David Copperfieldthe novel he described as his favorite childDickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

"Synopsis" by Libri, The classic saga of an orphaned boy making his way from the sweatshops of 19th-century London to finding family, love, and the good life by giving kindness and consideration to the people he meets along the way.