- Mass Market Paperback: 896 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classic; New edition edition (Dec 16 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140434941
- ISBN-13: 978-0140434941
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 576 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #820,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and performed them as staged readings. This version, each page illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings, is a beautiful example of one of these adaptations.
Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly "child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-Dickens' novel narrated by Flo Gibson.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful story and unforgettable characters,
This review is from: Penguin Classics David Copperfield (Mass Market Paperback)
I was absolutely charmed with the personality of David Copperfield, and I can easily understand why Charles Dickens called him his "favorite child" among his other creations. As David recounts the events of his life, starting from the day of his birth, his honesty immediately wins your heart. He is not afraid to share how naive and easily cheated on he was as a little boy; he readily admits it when he was being selfish; and if he did something less than smart, he tells the whole episode just as openly, without trying to make himself look better than he really did.Born to a very young and beautiful mother, six months after his father's death, young Davy enjoys happy life in a loving home - until his mother marries again. Mr. Murdstone, Davy's new father, who could have easily gained the boy's love and trust had he shown him some kindness, treats him instead as some wild, out-of-hand little monster who needs correction, discipline, and more correction. He soon gives up on the boy and sends him away to a boarding school where daily beatings are considered a most necessary part of education. When David's mother dies a year later, Mr. Murdstone decides that even this type of schooling is too good for the boy, and sends him to London, to work at a wine factory. David, only ten at the time, finds himself alone in the world. This book deserves to be read over and over again. The story is touching and beautifully written, and the characters are unforgettable.
5.0 out of 5 stars
High marks for this one,
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This review is from: Penguin Classics David Copperfield (Mass Market Paperback)
Should I admit that I came to this book late in life? We had to read GREAT EXPECTATIONS in high school, while I understand that others had to read this book. So, these many years later I picked it up and was pleasantly surprised. Quite a bit longer than EXPECTATIONS, this one nevertheless is every bit as good. Written as an autobiography, the book narrates the life of a fatherless child who becomes an orphan at the early age of about eight or nine years. The story continues throughout David Copperfield's life and the plot is as rich as the characters he meets during the book. One of Charles Dickens most notable qualities is how well he creates and describes the characters in his books. And David Copperfield presents plenty of them, some of the most famous: the strong-minded Betsey Trotwood, the lovely Peggotty family, the persuasive Steerforth, the wise Agnes, the ugly Uriah Heep and of course the micawberish Mr Micawber. If you're looking for a book by Dicken's that is his most autobiographical, this is it. Would also recommend "Of Mice and Men," "Bark of the Dogwood" and "To Kill a Mockingbird."
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good people making bad decisions,
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This review is from: Penguin Classics David Copperfield (Mass Market Paperback)
"David Copperfield" is a classic Dickens novel, full of wonderful, interesting characters who experience all of the hardships and joys that the world can through at them. The writing is vital and captivating, as with all of his wonderful books.Most interesting, I feel, to David Copperfield, is the bad choices that good people can make, and how they live with the repercussions of those choices. Represented by Little Emily's misfortune, and David Copperfield's own woeful marriage, as well as his aunt's various misjudgments and errors. Some deal with these bad choices honorably, some woefully, some disastrously. We all make mistakes, the book says, but it is how we deal with these mistakes that define us. The book travels from the high to the low and back again of the British class system, although not necessarily a critique of it., with David Copperfield being able to flow through each social structure at one time or another. A full picture is gained. There are heroes and villains alike amongst the most-very humble and the most-very rich. Fortunes rise and fall, loves are won and lost, people live and die, all under the deft pen of Dickens, with his ability to wring both laughter and tears from a reader. (A cliché, I know, yet a true one.)
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