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David Copperfield

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This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep, along with Mr Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's own father, evoking a mixture of love, nostalgia and guilt.

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Language
English
Publisher
Penguin UK
Released
2007
Format
Paperback
Pages
1120
ISBN10
0141031751
ISBN13
9780141031750
First published
1850
Original title
David Copperfield
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3.9 out of 5
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This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep, along with Mr Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's own father, evoking a mixture of love, nostalgia and guilt.