Many descriptive paragraphs were stunningly beautiful (like the storm scene near the end). 2018 - The Project Gutenberg EBook of David Copperfield by Charles. Wickham and Agnes, his loyal friend Traddles, Peggoty and her family, and even Dora, who loved him despite her childlike nature.ĭickens' writing is in top form in this book, and his heart is clearly in this work. David Copperfield WebCharles Dickens s autobiographical novel.

Dick), and then with steady friends, such as Mr. Available at 7 Roughly the equivalent of a solicitor in the secular court. Is this what the next 900 pages would be like, I wondered? Fortunately, Dickens had David's fortunes turn around, first with a reconnection to his aunt (and Mr. My volumes were printed in 1917, which only added to my enjoyment.Īt first, I could barely get through the text, as David's early life was so miserable. It took me 68 years to finally pick this book up, and even now it only occurred to me to read it because I was between books, and there it was, on the shelf, 2 volumes of a Harvard Classics collection of 20 volumes that I purchased at an antique store decades ago. We see David grow from a troubled childhood into a mature, if naive, young man. and Miss Murdstone, and the snake-like Uriah Heep. Wickfield, Steerforth and Traddles, Dora, Mr. Dick, The Micawbers, the Peggoty family, including little Em'ly, Agnes and Mr.

Dickens' most autobiographical book, David Copperfield follows David from infancy to adulthood, complete with a colorful cast of characters: Betsy Trotwood, Mr.

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