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'The most perfect of all the Dickens novels' Virginia Woolf

In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist.

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Dickens' great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition

The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary... Read Full Overview

The editor has made necessary typographical corrections and carefully introduced and annotated the text for the student reader.

Dickens' number plans for David Copperfield, which reveal his practice both as a serial writer and as a craftsman, are also included.

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Based in part on the author's own life, David Copperfield is the epic story of a young man's journey of self-discovery - from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the memorable cast of characters he encounters along the way are... Read Full Overview

Desde su publicaci?n por entregas entre 1849 y 1850, esta novela, hija favorita de su autor, no ha dejado m?s que una estela de admiraci?n, alegr?a y gratitud. Para Swinburne era "una obra maestra suprema". Henry James recordaba que de ni?o se escond?a debajo de una mesa para... Read Full Overview

Dickens' number plans for David Copperfield , which reveal his practice both as a serial writer and as a craftsman, are also included. "Backgrounds" focuses on Dickens' personal involvement with and response to the novel's publication. Included are passages from his letters relating... Read Full Overview

Embark on a captivating journey through the life of David Copperfield with Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece. Follow his triumphs and tribulations, encountering a vivid cast of characters and exploring themes of love, friendship, and resilience. A must-read for lovers... Read Full Overview

David Copperfield follows the psychological and moral growth of the narrator, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. David Copperfield is characterised in the book as trusting, goal-oriented, but as yet immature. The novel begins, like other novels... Read Full Overview

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published as a book in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, "like... Read Full Overview

Charles Dickens' personal favourite, David Copperfield is full of tragedy and comedy in equal measure and remains one of the most enduring and popular of Dickens' novels. Abridged for Puffin Classics.