num_pages: 716
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: Miss Dartle, Mr. Creakle, Ham Peggotty, Thomas Traddles, Mr. Jorkens, Richard Babley, Mr. Edward Murdstone, Mr. Tiffey, Mr. Charles Mell, Mrs. Creakle, Littimer, Mrs. Crewler, Rosa Dartle, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Daniel Peggotty, Mr. Mills, Minnie Omer, Miss Julia Mills, Mr. Spenlow, Clara Peggotty, Uriah Heep, Miss Creakle, James Steerforth, Miss Betsey Trotwood, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Jack Maldon, Little Em'ly, Mrs. Crupp, Dr. Strong, Martha Endell, Mrs. Steerforth, Mr. Joram, Mr. Chillip, Doady, Miss Emma Micawber, Agnes Wickfield, Mrs. Annie Strong, Little Emily, Miss Lavinia, Sophy Crewler, Miss Mowcher, Mr. Francis Spenlow, Mr. Barkis, Miss Jane Murdstone, Miss Lavina Spenlow, Anne Strong, Mr. Quinion, Mr. Wickfield, Mrs. Gummidge, Miss Dora Spenlow, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Mr. Wilkins  Micawber, Mrs. Emma Micawber, Master Wilkins Micawber, Mrs. Heep, David Copperfield, Mrs. Marckleham, Mr. Omer
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 231349
places: England, London, England, Great Yarmouth, England, Canterbury, Kent, England, Kent, England, Dover, Kent, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction of Nonfiction Licenses or Distributed for Martin Jarvis
publisher: Penguin Books