David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - ISBN: 9780199536290
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Dickens’s beloved classic: a journey through childhood trials and enduring friendships.

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    944 pages

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    7 August 2008

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Summary

“I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,” wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels.

Dickens wrote the book after the completion of a fragment of autobiography recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse, and in the first-person narrative, a new departure for him, realized marvellously the workings of memory. The embodiment of his boyhood experience in the novel involved a “…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199536290
ISBN-10:0199536295
Author:Charles Dickens, Nina Burgis, Andrew Sanders
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:944
Release Date:7 August 2008
Weight:634g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 42mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
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Critics Review

Introduction and notes by Andrew Sanders facilitated a proper understanding of period details and plot structure. I will continue to use this edition in future classes on Dickens’s novels.

Introduction and notes by Andrew Sanders facilitated a proper understanding of period details and plot structure. I will continue to use this edition in future classes on Dickens’s novels. * Helge Nowak, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet *

About The Author

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most acclaimed and popular writers of all time. His many works include the classics The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Bleak House, Hard Times, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers and many more.

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