Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5625 in Books
• Published on: 1994-02-24
• Binding: Paperback
• 720 pages

Synopsis
"David Copperfield" is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; his nemesis, the eternally humble Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In "David Copperfield" - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

Customer Reviews

This is not just a book
This is not just a book, it's more of a whole of life experience. You will have to prepare yourself for the long haul and almost breathe your way through Mr Copperfield's life. But it is worth it because it is quite a life story and you will get to know and like or even dislike quite a few people along the way. I read it because I had enjoyed Oliver Twist and Great Expectations and love to understand and appreciate the simplicities and difficulties of the Victorian way of life and the great characters Dickens always invents.... and to be sure, he didn't let me down with this one either.

It's a long read and not for the faint hearted in any way. Some passages are long and by todays standards very cumbersome and long winded but if you like a good story, great characters and fancy a step out of the digital age for a while then this is for you.

My Favorite Dickens
This is a wonderful Book. If you have never read it please read as soon as possible. It is long and at times rambling, as there are many sub plots, so you will need some staminar, but it is funny, sad, whitty and most enjoyable. Dickens exels with his older chracters, MacAwber, Bettsy Trotwood and Mr Dick. His young female characters however seem a little unreal. Dora his childlike wife is sad and unworldly, Agnes Wickfield is an Angel (Can any woman be as perfect as Agnes)and Little Emily is too silly. The villans do not disappoint. This is my favorite Dickens Novel. Please read and enjoy

A dickens of a read
At 340,000 words (more or less), this work is a challenge, but it's worth it. And how! The ornate style that is Dickens can slow you down, back you up for a re-read, but always delivers. His characters, and many of their utterances, are memorable, and will live with you long after you finish the book.

With an almost accidental ease Dickens treats us to detailed word-pictures of mid-nineteenth-century England and the customs of the day, down to a description of the Britannia-metal cutlery. His richly-layered style moves your emotions back and forth and it's hard not to laugh and cry in turns.

Typical of Dickens, he employs a number of contrivances which, in a lesser hand, would seem unconvincing. But he ties up all his loose ends and doesn't seem to drop any details along the way. It's hard to imagine that he did all this with pen and ink and often under candlelight.

Don't forget the dictionary and notepad -- there are words and terms in here that fell out of use long ago. Charles Dickens is an education, too. Brilliant stuff!