David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Young David Copperfield is sent away by his cruel stepfather, Mr Murdstone, to a boarding school in London, but when his circumstances suddenly change David is forced to work from morning to night in Murdstone's factory.

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

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Hardback

9780141394640

June 25, 2014

Penguin Classics

1024 pages

RRP $42.99
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Paperback

9780141343822

September 26, 2012

Puffin (UK)

294 pages

RRP $17.99
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Paperback

9780141199160

July 16, 2012

Penguin Classics (UK Adult)

996 pages

RRP $14.99
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Paperback

9780099511465

July 1, 2008

Vintage Classics

976 pages

RRP $19.99
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Paperback

9780140439441

July 13, 2004

Penguin Classics (UK Adult)

1024 pages

RRP $14.99
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Hardback

9781857150315

December 2, 1991

Everyman

878 pages

RRP $27.99
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Paperback

9780553211894

March 15, 1988

Bantam US

RRP $9.99
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EBook

9780141974330

July 25, 2012

Penguin eBooks (UK Adult)

1008 pages
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EBook

9781407016030

September 1, 2010

Vintage Digital

976 pages
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EBook

9780141907864

July 13, 2004

Penguin eBooks (UK Adult)

1184 pages
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