David Copperfield: The Unabridged 1850 Charles Dickens Classic Novel (Annotated)

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A Well Loved Victorian Literary Classic by Charles Dickens, the author of Bleak House.

“My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!”

David Copperfield by renowned English author Charles Dickens is an outstanding literary classic first published in 1850.

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“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six , result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery”

The story is an autobiographical novel, written in the first person narrative and the bildungsroman genre, and follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to adulthood. Through a series of adventures, David Copperfield learns many lessons about the world, himself and relationships. The moving narrative is widely acclaimed for its vivid descriptions of 19th-century London, as well as for its timeless themes of resilience, coming of age and the power of relationships. Dickens

Growth and transformation are two of the most important motifs that Dickens uses in his novel while also using satire to highlight aspects of Victorian culture. A few topics he touches on include prostitution, women's status within marriage, social class structure, flaws in the criminal justice system, unsatisfactory educational standards, and the exploitation of children working in factories.

David Copperfield was Dicken’s favourite novel and was modelled in a personal history style that was popular with novels like Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews or Tom Jones

“Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield”

A celebrated classic coming of age novel filled with tragedy, humour and ambition, David Copperfield is considered to be one of the greatest works of English literature.

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