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The Personal History of David Copperfield / Charles Dickens ; illustrated by John Austen

By: Contributor(s): Series: The 100 Greatest Books Ever WrittenPublication details: Norwalk, Connecticut : Easton Press, 1979Edition: Collector's EditionDescription: 821 pages : illustrations ; 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 inISBN:
  • 9788424155117
Other title:
  • David Copperfield
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.8
Summary: 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.
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Book - training Training Library Fiction F DIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Easton Press Illustrated Collection T 55555

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.