The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"The Personal History of David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens is a novel published as a serial in 1849-1850. Narrated by David himself, it follows his journey from infancy to maturity through Victorian England. After his mother's tragic remarriage to the cruel Murdstone, young David endures harsh treatment, boarding school hardships, and child labor in London. Escaping to his eccentric aunt, he finds new hope but faces further challenges, including the manipulative Uriah Heep and complex relationships that shape his path toward adulthood and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Illustrator Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
LoC No. 19001692
Title The Personal History of David Copperfield
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield
Credits E-text prepared by Greg Weeks, Jon Hurst, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (archive.org/details/americana)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Orphans -- Fiction
Subject Autobiographical fiction
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Boys -- Fiction
Subject Stepfathers -- Fiction
Subject Child labor -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 43111
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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