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David Copperfield - Penguin Classics
Charles Dickens

Revised Edition

Paperback (24 Jun 2004)


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In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his favourite child - Dickens drew on his own experiences to create one of his most moving and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. It is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant but unworthy school-friend Steerforth; 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.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jeremy Tambling


Product details

Format Paperback | 1024 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 43mm | 692g
Publication date 28 Jan 2005
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Revised
Edition Statement Revised ed.
Illustrations note Illustr.
ISBN10 0140439447
ISBN13 9780140439441
Bestsellers rank 62,293