David Copperfield

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David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy & impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast ofMore See alternate cover edition here

David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy & 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; & 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 & enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy & comedy in equal measure.
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mark monday rated it it was amazing

over 2 years ago

DAVID COPPERFIELD: MASTER VILLAIN

oh you architect of doom!

your devious passivity and willful naivete know no boundaries!
your crimes are many!

your poor doting mother - hustled off to an early grave, and you do nothing!
you repay the Murdstones' attempts at improvement with. Read full review

Jo Woolfardis rated it really liked it

Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge. based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003.

Charles Dickens can do no wrong, except perhaps keep around 100 pages of rather irrelevant tangents in this book.

It was such a powerhouse of characterisation and world-buildin. Read full review

Dolors rated it it was amazing

about 1 month ago

Recommends it for: Absolutely everybody with no exception!

Recommended to Dolors by: A wise friend

“This narrative is my written memory�. declares David Copperfield in the last section of this elephantine novel, a sentence that strongly implies an autobiographical imprint of the author in the making of his famous middle-class hero. But is that aspect what I most value. Read full review

mark monday rated it it was amazing

over 1 year ago

Status Report: Chapters 1 - 8

i had forgotten how much i love Dickens. the man is a master at the immersive experience. it is really easy for me to get sucked into the world he is so carefully constructing, to revel in all the extensive details, the lavish description, the. Read full review

Carlie rated it it was amazing

over 3 years ago

Recommends it for: lovers, innocents, justice seekers, and those who are depressed

"I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD"
I have also a favorite author and his name is Charles Dickens.

This novel is poetry. To truly appreciate the beauty of the English language, one must read David Copperfield. This book canno. Read full review

Violet wells rated it it was ok

Call it an act of heresy but I’m abandoning this. I’ve got to page 600 which means I’ve only another 150 pages to go but I’ve completely lost interest. The characters are too one dimensional and you can see the plot coming as if it’s daubed in road marking paint. I’ve rea. Read full review

Geoff rated it it was amazing

over 1 year ago

Read the majority of this over the course of 4 days snowed in under 2 or so feet of blizzard and its dimming snowlight day's circular repetition, in a new house, often in near silence only punctuated by winter robins chirping outside, in between making pots of coffee and. Read full review

Matthias rated it it was amazing

over 1 year ago

I picked up this book in a bookstore (if you can believe it), not really thinking I'd buy such a big pile of pages in classical English, figuring it would bore the hell out of me.

I read the first page.

I then proceeded to the counter, and bought it.

Lisa rated it it was amazing

Bravo, Dickens! I have to say, copying Thackaray for the millionth time, probably. What a difference to read the original, compared to the watered-down versions I was familiar with from my childhood. It took me quite a lot of time to get into the rich flow of words, the b. Read full review

MJ Nicholls rated it it was amazing

over 3 years ago

Finished. Having a hard time spinning superlatives for this review. It is more or less established I strongly like, or passionately love, every Dickens novel I read so why not slap a five-star badge on this masterpiece and hop down to Bev’s café for a veggie burger, free. Read full review

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Book Details

Paperback. 974 pages

Published 2004 by Penguin (first published 1849

ISBN 0140439447 (ISBN13: 9780140439441 ) Edition Language English Original Title David Copperfield Characters Richard Babley, Mr. Barkis, Mr. Chillip, David Copperfield, Mr. Creakle More… Richard Babley, Mr. Barkis, Mr. Chillip, David Copperfield, Mr. Creakle, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Uriah Heep, Mr. Joram, Mr. Jorkens, Littimer, Jack Maldon, Mr. Charles Mell, Mr. Wilkins Micawber, Master Wilkins Micawber, Mr. Mills, Mr. Edward Murdstone, Mr. Omer, Daniel Peggotty, Ham Peggotty, Mr. Quinion, Mr. Francis Spenlow, James Steerforth, Dr. Strong, Mr. Tiffey, Thomas Traddles, Mr. Wickfield, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Mrs. Creakle, Miss Creakle, Mrs. Crewler, Mrs. Crupp, Rosa Dartle, Little Emily, Martha Endell, Mrs. Gummidge, Mrs. Heep, Mrs. Marckleham, Mrs. Emma Micawber, Miss Emma Micawber, Miss Julia Mills, Miss Mowcher, Miss Jane Murdstone, Minnie Omer, Clara Peggotty, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Miss Dora Spenlow, Miss Lavina Spenlow, Mrs. Steerforth, Mrs. Annie Strong, Miss Betsey Trotwood, Agnes Wickfield, Miss Lavinia, Little Em'ly, Mr. Spenlow, Miss Dartle, Doady, Anne Strong, Sophy Crewler Less

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Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and.

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

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