num_pages: 879
description: David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and 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 brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by 'Phiz', a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.
language: English
title: David Copperfield
titlecomplete: David Copperfield
characters: Mr. Mills, Rosa Dartle, Miss Emma Micawber, Miss Dora Spenlow, Mrs. Heep, Miss Jane Murdstone, Mr. Chillip, Mr. Spenlow, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Mrs. Gummidge, Mr. Barkis, Minnie Omer, Agnes Wickfield, Mr. Tiffey, Mrs. Annie Strong, Mr. Omer, Martha Endell, Littimer, Miss Betsey Trotwood, Ham Peggotty, Mr. Creakle, Mrs. Creakle, Mrs. Crupp, Miss Lavinia, Little Em'ly, Mr. Quinion, Mr. Wickfield, Mr. Joram, Doady, Miss Creakle, Little Emily, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Mr. Jorkens, Miss Lavina Spenlow, Mr. Wilkins  Micawber, Thomas Traddles, Mrs. Marckleham, Clara Peggotty, Mr. Charles Mell, Mrs. Steerforth, Mrs. Emma Micawber, James Steerforth, Master Wilkins Micawber, Miss Dartle, Sophy Crewler, Anne Strong, Uriah Heep, Mr. Francis Spenlow, Miss Julia Mills, Mrs. Crewler, Miss Mowcher, David Copperfield, Jack Maldon, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Daniel Peggotty, Dr. Strong, Richard Babley, Mr. Edward Murdstone
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Victorian
ratings_count: 231349
places: Kent, England, England, Canterbury, Kent, England, London, England, Great Yarmouth, England, Dover, Kent, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction of Nonfiction Licenses or Distributed for Martin Jarvis
publisher: Penguin UK