David Copperfield /
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870,
David Copperfield / Charles Dickens, with an introduction and notes by Jeremy Tambling. - Rev. ed. - London ; Penguin Books, 2004. - xliv, 974 p : ill ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics. . - Penguin classics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
It adds to the charm of this book to remember that it is virtually a picture of the authors own boyhood. It is an excellent picture of the life of a struggling English youth in the middle of the last century. The pictures of Canterbury and London are true pictures and through these pages walk one of Dickens wonderful processions of characters, quaint and humorous, villainous and tragic. Nobody cares for Dickens heroines, least of all for Dora, but take it all in al,l this book is enjoyed by young people more than any other of the great novelist. After having read this you will wish to read Nicholas Nickleby for its mingling of pathos and humor, Martin Chuzzlewit for its pictures of American life as seen through English eyes, and Pickwick Papers for its crude but boisterous humor.
0140439447
2004275519
Stepfathers--Fiction.
Child labor--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Novelists--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR4558 .A1 2004b
David Copperfield / Charles Dickens, with an introduction and notes by Jeremy Tambling. - Rev. ed. - London ; Penguin Books, 2004. - xliv, 974 p : ill ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics. . - Penguin classics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
It adds to the charm of this book to remember that it is virtually a picture of the authors own boyhood. It is an excellent picture of the life of a struggling English youth in the middle of the last century. The pictures of Canterbury and London are true pictures and through these pages walk one of Dickens wonderful processions of characters, quaint and humorous, villainous and tragic. Nobody cares for Dickens heroines, least of all for Dora, but take it all in al,l this book is enjoyed by young people more than any other of the great novelist. After having read this you will wish to read Nicholas Nickleby for its mingling of pathos and humor, Martin Chuzzlewit for its pictures of American life as seen through English eyes, and Pickwick Papers for its crude but boisterous humor.
0140439447
2004275519
Stepfathers--Fiction.
Child labor--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Novelists--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR4558 .A1 2004b