num_pages: 565
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: Spanish; Castilian
title: David Copperfield
titlecomplete: David Copperfield
characters: Mr. Spenlow, Jack Maldon, Mrs. Crupp, Richard Babley, Miss Emma Micawber, Miss Lavinia, Master Wilkins Micawber, Mr. Francis Spenlow, Mr. Joram, Thomas Traddles, Mrs. Gummidge, Miss Julia Mills, Little Emily, Mr. Mills, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Mrs. Creakle, Mrs. Annie Strong, Miss Lavina Spenlow, David Copperfield, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Littimer, Miss Betsey Trotwood, Dr. Strong, Rosa Dartle, Doady, Miss Creakle, Mr. Tiffey, Mrs. Emma Micawber, Clara Peggotty, Uriah Heep, Mr. Quinion, James Steerforth, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Martha Endell, Mr. Wilkins  Micawber, Little Em'ly, Mrs. Marckleham, Mr. Creakle, Miss Jane Murdstone, Mr. Chillip, Mrs. Heep, Mr. Omer, Mr. Wickfield, Agnes Wickfield, Mr. Barkis, Ham Peggotty, Anne Strong, Miss Mowcher, Miss Dartle, Mr. Charles Mell, Minnie Omer, Mr. Jorkens, Sophy Crewler, Miss Dora Spenlow, Mr. Edward Murdstone, Daniel Peggotty, Mrs. Crewler, Mrs. Steerforth
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 231344
places: Dover, Kent, England, England, London, England, Canterbury, Kent, England, Great Yarmouth, England, Kent, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction of Nonfiction Licenses or Distributed for Martin Jarvis
publisher:  Editorial Juventud S.A