| Description |
817 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Note |
"A Bantam classic." |
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21189-7. |
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David Copperfield was originally published as a volume in 1850 after having been issued in twenty monthly parts from May 1849 to November 1850. This edition contains all the copyright emendations made in the text as revised by the author in 1867 and 1868. |
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On inside separate page: "(This is the title which appeared on the wrapper of the first edition of David Copperfield): "The Personal history experience and observation of David Copperfield the younger of Blunderstone Rookery which he never meant to be published on any account."." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 815-817). |
| Summary |
A classic tale of an orphan growing up in the 1800's of England. Intimately rooted in the author's own biography and written as a first-person narrative, "David Copperfield" charts a young man's progress through a difficult childhood in Victorian England to ultimate success as a novelist, finding true love along the way. Jeremy Tambling's provocative Introduction reveals subtle themes relevant today in Dickens' favorite work. 39 illustrations. Map. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Young adult fiction.
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| ISBN |
0553211897 (pbk.) |
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