David Copperfield
By: Edited and with an Introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Major literary characters
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 255
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Description: In the Dickens classic, David enjoys an idyllic life with his widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Things change when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy lives in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.