Description
In Charles Dickens's favorite and most acclaimed novel, David Copperfield narrates his own story, which is in no small part influenced by Dickens's own history. Copperfield recalls for the reader his fairly blissful childhood which is turned sour by the successive deaths of his parents. Impulsive and unsure, Copperfield does not stay in any one situation for too long, and along the way meets several characters who each influence him on his path to adulthood. As his confidence grows, Copperfield becomes more in charge of his own fate, making decisions that lead him to the life that he hopes to attain. The familiar plot twists and interweaving storylines so beloved of Dickens's novels keep the readers enthralled with the world and characters the author has created. At times comic and tragic, David Copperfield is one of the most beloved coming-of-age novels published in the nineteenth century.