Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life,or whether that station will be held by anybody else,these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life,I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday,at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike,and I began to cry,simultaneously.
Dickens's great coming-of-age novel,now in a beautiful clothbound Penguin edition
This is the novel Dickens regarded as his'favourite child'and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist,Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life.
Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle,Dora,Steerforth,and the'umble Uriah Heep,along with Mr Micawber,a portrait of Dickens's own father which evokes a mixture of love,nostalgia and guilt.Dickens's great Bildungsroman (based,in part,on his own boyhood) is a work filled with life,both comic and tragic.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series,designed by the award-winningCoralie Bickford-Smith,these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful,tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
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Credited by some with inventing the detective novel and one of the most popular novelists of his dayCharles Dickensremains one of the best-loved novelists in the English language,whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books,includingOliver Twist,Great Expectations,A Tale of Two Cities,David CopperfieldandThe Pickwick Papers,have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141394640Number of pages: 1024Weight: 894 gDimensions: 204 x 138 x 48 mm
Charles Dickens
A towering figure in the development of the novel,Charles Dickens was a British writer responsible for some of the best-loved works in the English language,including Oliver Twist,David Copperfield,A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
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