num_pages: 1200
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: German
title: David Copperfield.
titlecomplete: David Copperfield.
characters: Sophy Crewler, Miss Julia Mills, Miss Betsey Trotwood, Miss Jane Murdstone, Dr. Strong, Richard Babley, Mrs. Creakle, David Copperfield, Mrs. Gummidge, Mr. Quinion, Mrs. Crupp, Mrs. Emma Micawber, Mr. Wilkins  Micawber, Daniel Peggotty, Minnie Omer, Miss Clarissa Spenlow, Miss Dartle, Uriah Heep, Miss Mowcher, Miss Emma Micawber, Miss Dora Spenlow, Mr. Jorkens, Martha Endell, Mr. Edward Murdstone, Littimer, Mrs. Annie Strong, Doady, Mr. Mills, Mrs. Heep, Ham Peggotty, Miss Creakle, James Steerforth, Master Wilkins Micawber, Miss Lavinia, Mr. Charles Mell, Mrs. Clara Copperfield, Mr. Creakle, The Rev. Horace Crewler, Mrs. Marckleham, Little Emily, Mrs. Crewler, Little Em'ly, Mr. Wickfield, Mr. Barkis, Jack Maldon, Mr. Tiffey, Agnes Wickfield, Mr. Omer, Thomas Traddles, Clara Peggotty, Mr. Joram, Miss Lavina Spenlow, Mr. Spenlow, Mr. Francis Spenlow, Rosa Dartle, Mrs. Steerforth, Mr. Chillip, Anne Strong
genres: Literature, Novels, Victorian, 19th Century, Classics, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, British Literature
ratings_count: 231500
places: London, England, England, Kent, England, Great Yarmouth, England, Dover, Kent, England, Canterbury, Kent, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction of Nonfiction Licenses or Distributed for Martin Jarvis
publisher: Manesse-Verlag