David Copperfield

Charles Dickens follows an orphaned boy from a cruel childhood to hard-won maturity, in the sweeping, deeply personal novel its author called his favorite child, filled with unforgettable characters.

At a glance From the moment of his birth on a Friday at midnight, David Copperfield is a marked boy… What it's about David Copperfield traces the life of its narrator from a happy early… Along the way David meets a gallery of the most memorable figures Dickens ever created… Micawber, the loyal Peggotty family, the treacherous Uriah Heep, the steadfast Agnes and…

David Copperfield traces the life of its narrator from a happy early childhood shattered by a harsh stepfather, through the miseries of factory labor and a lonely boyhood, to school, first love, marriage and a slowly…