'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'
Dickens's epic,exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life,as he encounters villains,saviours,eccentrics and grotesques,including the wicked Mr Murdstone,stout-hearted Peggotty,formidable Betsey Trotwood,impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep.
Dickens's great Bildungsroman (based,in part,on his own boyhood,and which he described as a'favourite child') is a work filled with life,both comic and tragic.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English,from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141199160Number of pages: 1008Weight: 660 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 42 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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