TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dickens,Charles
AU  - Austen,John
TI  - The Personal History of David Copperfield
AV  - PZ3.D55 D99 PR4558 
U1  - 823 
PY  - 1979///
CY  - Norwalk, Connecticut
PB  - Easton Press
KW  - Boys
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Fictions
KW  - Child labor
KW  - Grief
KW  - Classic
KW  - England
KW  - Autobiographical fiction
N1  - "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written"; Includes illustrations by John Austen; Features of this Easton Press Illustrated Collection (as provided by the publisher) include:

 - Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.
 - 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.
 - Full-color frontispiece portraits of each author; each volume features illustrations and/or ornamentation.
 - Heavy duty binding boards enhance the book's durability.
 - Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations.
 - Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.
 - Handsome moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.
 - Gilded page ends.
 - Printed and bound in the USA.
 - Rigorous inspection at every stage ensures adherence to our exacting standards.
 - Superb craftsmanship and commitment to quality
N2  - "For the next thirty-three years-until his death in 1870-scarcely a year passed that did not see the publication of one or more books by Charles Dickens. As for David Copperfield, the author's favorite of all his writings, you will find a key to its characters in the entertaining essay by John T. Winterich that follows this Preface. Meanwhile, you will discover a fairly obvious clue to the book's intimate relationship to the soul of Charles Dickens by comparing the hero's initials with the author's.--" From the Publisher's Preface
ER  -