Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... David Copperfield (original 1850; edition 2004)by Charles Dickens, Franco Prattico, Mario Martino
Work InformationDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850)
Favourite Books (59) » 98 more Folio Society (22) Books Read in 2020 (21) BBC Big Read (86) Books Read in 2017 (56) Top Five Books of 2013 (166) Five star books (73) Books Read in 2016 (191) Childhood Favorites (61) Books Read in 2019 (188) Out of Copyright (23) BBC Big Read (43) Top Five Books of 2018 (139) CCE 1000 Good Books List (130) Best First Lines (24) Books Read in 2022 (633) 1,001 BYMRBYD Concensus (195) 19th Century (73) 100 World Classics (59) Art of Reading (35) Books Read in 2010 (72) Unread books (325) Books About Boys (16) A Reading List (54) Ambleside Books (336) Books Read in 2018 (3,766) AP Lit (189) Movie Adaptations (95) My favourite books (63) A's favorite novels (59) United Kingdom (75) readingList (3) Books on my Kindle (84) 5 Best 5 Years (14) Victorian Period (46) BBC Top Books (64) Plan to Read Books (28) autobiographies (2) Fake Top 100 Fiction (68) Tagged 19th Century (27) Read (20) Books Read in 2014 (2,230) I Can't Finish This Book (135) Best of World Literature (330) Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.
Written in 1850, Dickens' 16th major work, and 8th novel, is a solid four-star work. Combining the picaresque bildungsroman from Dickens' early period with the more complex character studies he was becoming known for, it's perhaps his best book to this point. Perhaps because parts of the novel are autobiographical, David starts to feel a bit real in a sense that perhaps no other character in his canon had perhaps yet reached. There's a wonderful array of supporting characters and a real sense of forward movement and thematic unity. I'm ultimately more in tune with Dickens' last works, but David Copperfield is another rung on Dickens' ladder to immortality. He's not a Tolstoy or a Flaubert, and we shouldn't expect him to be. He treats character more as something to be chronicled than to be dissected. Nevertheless, there are many great, detailed little moments in David's life, and the world around him, that suggest the continuous development of this great author. Not only is this Dickens' most autobiographical, but I feel this is the most well-rounded work in his canon and the peak of his career. Falling roughly in the middle of his bibliography, David Copperfield functions, in my opinion, as the transition from the young feel-good, satirical writer of comedic scenes and characters to the more mature, darker settings and is eager to become the potentially scathing critical writer of social commentary. David Copperfield exhibits Dickens' most intensive qualities at a large-scale here for perhaps the first time, but unlike Bleak House, Great Expectations or Our Mutual Friend to come, he retains the same light-hearted tone was known for. In essence, this is the most "Dickensian" of his novels, the quintessential Dickens, if you will. At least, that's the way I think of it. I reread this in preparation for my book club's next selection, "Demon Copperhead". I excited to be able to compare the two novels. Of this book Dickens said... " of all my books I like this best. " What more is there to say? I'm excited to see how Kingsolver brings this tale into the present day. Can she create memorable characters to match those such as Betsey Trotwood, Mr. Dick and the Micawbers?
"David Copperfield" es una novela clásica de Charles Dickens, publicada por primera vez en forma de folletín entre 1849 y 1850. La novela está ampliamente considerada como la obra más autobiográfica de Dickens y refleja muchos elementos de su propia vida. Sigue la vida y las aventuras del personaje titular, David Copperfield, desde su infancia hasta la edad adulta. La historia comienza con el nacimiento de David en Rookery, una zona degradada de Londres. Su padre muere antes de que él nazca, y su madre Clara se casa con el opresivo y cruel Sr. Murdstone. De pequeño, David es enviado a trabajar a una fábrica tras la muerte de su madre, experimentando las penurias del trabajo infantil. A medida que David crece, la novela explora sus relaciones con diversos personajes, como el excéntrico señor Micawber, la bondadosa familia Peggotty y el embustero Uriah Heep. La narración abarca las experiencias de David en el internado, su carrera como vigilante y sus enredos amorosos. A lo largo de la novela, los temas de la injusticia social, la disparidad de clases y la resistencia del espíritu humano se entretejen en la trama de la vida de David. Los personajes con los que se cruza, tanto amigos como enemigos, contribuyen a su crecimiento y desarrollo mientras intenta encontrar su lugar en el mundo. "David Copperfield" es conocida por la riqueza de sus personajes, la vívida descripción de la sociedad victoriana y el humor y el comentario social característicos de Dickens. La novela sigue siendo una exploración atemporal de la condición humana, que capta los triunfos y las tribulaciones del viaje de un individuo desde la infancia hasta la madurez. David Copperfield relates the story of his life - transmuting many of the early experience of his creator - right from his birth to his attainment of settled maturity and successful authorship. On his journey, David encounters a gallery of memorable characters, kind, cruel or grotesque: Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep and Steerforth are among the many who shape his development. By turns absorbingly comic, dramatic, ironic and tender, the novel brings into energetic life the society and preoccupations of the mid-Victorian world Belongs to Publisher SeriesAlba Minus (22) — 40 more Collins Classics (1) Everyman's Library (242) Las grandes novelas de aventuras (77,78) insel taschenbuch (0468) Modern Library (110.3) La nostra biblioteca Edipem (90-91) Gli Oscar [Mondadori] (23 bis) Oxford India Paper Dickens (VIII) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2014) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-05) The Pocket Library (PL-751) A tot vent (104) Zephyr Books (122,123) Is contained inOliver Twist / A Christmas Carol / David Copperfield / A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Gesammelte Werke. Die Pickwickier, Nikals Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, Weihnachtsgeschichten, Bleakhaus, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ContainsIs retold inHas the adaptationIs abridged inInspiredHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideAwardsNotable Lists
Charles Dickens' 1850 classic epic, David Copperfield, unfolds the story of David, an optimistic and hard-working lad who's orphaned in his youth. Raised initially by his brutal stepfather, who halts David's schooling and sends him to work in a factory, David eventually finds a home with his eccentric, but kind aunt, Betsey. Later in life, David trains for a career in law, but eventually becomes a writer. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
Least Favourite character - James Steerforth
Favourite character's name - Uriah Heep ( )