num_pages: 588
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: James Steerforth, Miss Dartle, Dr. Strong, Martha Endell, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Little Emily, Mr. Jorkens, Littimer, Miss Julia Mills, Mr. Francis Spenlow, Mrs. Gummidge, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Mr. Spenlow, Mr. Omer, Mr. Quinion, Mrs. Creakle, Master Wilkins Micawber, Richard Babley, Clara Peggotty, Daniel Peggotty, Mr. Creakle, Mr. Joram, Miss Lavina Spenlow, Mrs. Crupp, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Miss Betsey Trotwood, Ham Peggotty, Mr. Mills, Miss Dora Spenlow, Mrs. Steerforth, Mrs. Emma Micawber, Miss Emma Micawber, Mr. Wilkins  Micawber, Thomas Traddles, Mr. Edward Murdstone, Mr. Wickfield, David Copperfield, Uriah Heep, Mrs. Heep, Agnes Wickfield, Little Em'ly, Mrs. Annie Strong, Minnie Omer, Jack Maldon, Mr. Charles Mell, Mr. Chillip, Miss Creakle, Rosa Dartle, Mr. Tiffey, Doady, Miss Lavinia, Anne Strong, Miss Mowcher, Sophy Crewler, Mrs. Crewler, Mr. Barkis, Mrs. Marckleham, Miss Jane Murdstone
genres: Literature, British Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Novels, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 231375
places: London, England, Dover, Kent, England, Kent, England, England, Great Yarmouth, England, Canterbury, Kent, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction of Nonfiction Licenses or Distributed for Martin Jarvis
publisher: Quiet Vision Pub