David Copperfield

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by 'Phiz', a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.

David Copperfield este povestea aventurilor unui tanar in calatoria sa dintr-o copilarie nefericita si saraca pana la descoperirea vocatiei sale de romancier de succes. Printre distributia glorioasa de personaje pe care le intalneste se numara tatal sau vitreg tiran, Mr Murdstone; stralucitul, dar in cele din urma nedemn prietenul sau scolar James Steerforth; formidabila lui matusa, Betsey Trotwood; eternul umil, dar perfid, Uriah Heep; frivola, incantatoare Dora Spenlow; si impecabilul magnific Wilkins Micawber, una dintre marile creatii comice ale literaturii.