David Copperfield |
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Author:
| Dickens, Charles |
Introduction by:
| Tambling, Jeremy |
Notes by:
| Tambling, Jeremy |
Illustrator:
| Bickford-Smith, Coralie |
Series title: | Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-241-24036-6 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Dickens' great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound 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....
More Description Dickens' great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound 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 that evokes a mixture of love, nostalgia, and guilt.
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