David Copperfield, Volume 1

by Charles Dickens

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David Copperfield is Dickens's most autobiographical novel, revealing of his own early life but also a masterpiece as a novel. It has been highly popular from its first publication.

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Dickens is a love or hate author; I used to hate and now I love him, so I've been slowly reading through his works. David Copperfield is a much more likable, and active, orphan than [Oliver Twist]. Though, sometimes even David's life seems to be happening around him rather than him participating in it. When the tale is overly focused on expository sections about other's adventures, it's a less interesting book. But over the last half of the book, all of the set-ups Dickens lays pay begin to pay off. The zany quotient is off the charts, giving rise to a very good recent film version. While not my favorite, Copperfield has all the things which caused my love of Dickens. Not a bad place to start, if you're just starting.
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David is born, his father is dead, his mother a poor stupid woman. She remarries, David goes through many hardships, and ends up under the care of his great-Aunt. He makes many friends and we see how their lives go on. One particular friend, Steersforth, I am convinced will end up being the ruination of a childhood friend of David's. Nothing of his childhood hardships are gruesome, for which I am glad.
A legfontosabb amit tudni kell a könyv elolvasása előtt, hogy a könyvnek több kiadása van, az én könyvem az csak a regény felét tartalmazza, de ez a borítót nézve nem nyilvánvaló. Sőt, igazából sehol nem írják, hogy Copperfield Dávid I. Ehelyett a "Gyermekévek, ifjúság" alcímből kellett volna kitalálnom, hogy csak egy fél könyvet olvasok.

A nyomokban önéletrajzi elemeket tartalmazó regény főszereplője Copperfield Dávid, születésétől követjük az életét, a könyv nagy részében kisgyerek.

A történet fordulatos, Dávid folyamatosan új helyzetbe kerül, a sora időnként irigylésreméltóan jól megy, időnként szinte éhen hal. A könyv tele van érdekes karakterekkel, bár egy-két show more kivételtől eltérően igen egydimenziósak. Dávid legtöbbször csak sodródik az eseményekkel, időnként bántón naiv, de igazából tíz évesen ez elég reálisnak tűnik. A viktoriánus Anglia bemutatása érdekes, de persze nehezen ítélem meg, hogy mennyire lehet ez hiteles. Igen nehéz elhinnem, hogy élő emberek valaha így beszéltek és viselkedtek mint a könyvben.

A könyvnek van egy társadalomkritikus része is, de ez kevésbé volt kiemelve ahhoz képest amit vártam.
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Jun 30, 2024Hungarian
Fue la primera novela que leĂ­ de Charles Dickens y me enamorĂł la manera del escritor de relatar las emociones de los personajes y la atmĂłsfera realista industrial de Reino Unido; su pobreza y la bajeza del ser humano.

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Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before show more publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
David Copperfield, Volume 1
Original title
David Copperfield Tome 1
Original publication date
1849-1850: Serialised; 1850: Book
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This work is only Part I of David Copperfield. Please do not combine with the main work, David Copperfield. Thank you.

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General Fiction, Fiction and Literature
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839.78Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesOther Germanic literaturesSwedish literatureSwedish miscellany
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PR4558 .A59Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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