David Copperfield
Recommended by Jenny Hartley, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #11 in Victorian, Ranked #22 in Public Domain — see more rankings.
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... more
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Jenny Hartley That famous Victorian imperative: Make ’em laugh; make ’em cry; make ’em wait. It does all that in that spades. (Source)
Rankings by Category
David Copperfield is ranked in the following categories:
- #75 in Boy
- #87 in Bucket List
- #35 in Chapter
- #81 in Classic
- #82 in Classical
- #79 in Folio Society
- #38 in Gilmore Girls
- #53 in Leather
- #47 in Leather Bound
- #100 in Literature
- #80 in London
- #33 in Men
- #27 in Penguin Classics
- #47 in Project Gutenberg
- #86 in UK
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