Dickens, Charles  1812-1870 <br/><br/>
The Personal History of David Copperfield 
 David Copperfield 
Dickens, Charles; with illustrations by John Austen 
 - Collector's Edition 
 - Norwalk, CT  Easton Press  1979 
 - 821 p.  illustrated, leather bound, gold leaf imprint, gilded edges, moiré end leaves, backbone hubs  16 cm x 24 cm. 
 - The 100 greatest books ever written .
<br/><br/> Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.  22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on hubbed spine.<br/>  Full-color frontispiece portraits of each author; each volume features illustrations and/or ornamentation.<br/>  Heavy duty binding boards.<br/>  Sewn pages.<br/>  Printed and bound in the USA.<br/> 
<br/><br/> David Copperfield is an impoverished orphan who learns to survive despite challenges and misfortune. The story follows his life from childhood to adulthood.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Novelists, English--19th century.--Fiction<br/>Child Labor--19th century.--Fiction<br/>England--19th century.--Fiction<br/>Orphans--19th century.--Fiction<br/>Boys--19th century.--Fiction<br/>Stepfathers--19th century.--Fiction<br/>Young men--19th century.--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Autobiographical Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.83