David Copperfield (Puffin Classics)

Author:

Charles Dickens

Publisher:

Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Rs292 Rs450 35% OFF

Availability: Out of Stock

Out of Stock

Rating and Reviews

0.0 / 5

Publisher	Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Publication Year	2012
ISBN-13	9780141343822
ISBN-10	9780141343822
Binding	Paperback
Number of Pages	300 Pages
Language	(English)
Dimensions (Cms)	17.53 x 12.7 x 2.54
Weight (grms)	191

Based in part on the author's own life, David Copperfield is the epic story of a young man's journey of self-discovery - from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the memorable cast of characters he encounters along the way are his brutal stepfather, Mr Murdstone; bubbly Nurse Peggotty; his brilliant, but unworthy schoolmate Steerforth, his eccentric aunt, Betsy Trotwood, the scheming clerk Uriah Heep, the enchanting Dora and the magnificent Mr Macawber - a character much like Dickens' own father. Full of tragedy and comedy in equal measure, David Copperfield remains one of the most enduring and popular of Dickens' novels.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June 1870.