David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

This story of a young man and his misadventures scales the heights and plumbs the troughs of emotions, and captures the oleaginous evil of Uriah Heep as convincingly as it does Agnes' tender, patient love and Uncle Dick's harmless ravings.

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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ISBN 13	9781857150315
ISBN 10	1857150317
Title	David Copperfield
Author	Charles Dickens
Series	Everyman's Library Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Everyman
Year published	1991-09-26
Number of pages	878
Prizes	Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
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