David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781504061759
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

The inspiration for the film starring Dev Patel: A sprawling masterpiece about a boy making his way to manhood in nineteenth-century England.
 
David Copperfield's father died before he was born, but he grew up loved and comfortable—until he turned seven and his mother married Edward Murdstone. His new stepfather could not banish little Davy fast enough, sending him to live with the housekeeper, Peggotty, and her fisherman brother.
 
Murdstone growing ever more tyrannical, David's next stop is boarding school, and there he learns of the death of his mother and her new baby. David must now find his own place in the world. His journey will take him to many places and introduce him to many people, friends and enemies alike, before he is really able to learn from his experiences and find his true heart.
 
Set against the backdrop of Victorian-era England, this semiautobiographical coming-of-age story is filled with humor, emotion, and insightful social commentary.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Preface To 1850 Edition
• Preface To The Charles Dickens Eddition
• The Personal History And Experience Of David Copperfield The Younger
• Chapter 1. – I Am Born
• Chapter 2. – I Observe
• Chapter 3. – I Have a Change
• Chapter 4. – I Fall Into Disgrace
• Chapter 5. – I Am Sent Away From Home
• Chapter 6. – I Enlarge My Circle of Aquaintance
• Chapter 7. – My ‘First Half’ at Salem House
• Chapter 8. – My Holidays. Especially One Happy After-Noon
• Chapter 9. – I Have aA Memorable Birthday
• Chapter 10. – I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For
• Chapter 11. – I Begin My Life On My Own Account, And Don’t Like It
• Chapter 12. – Liking Life on My Own Account no Better, I Form a Great Resolution
• Chapter 13. – The Sequel of My Resolution
• Chapter 14. – My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me
• Chapter 15. – I Make Another Beginning
• Chapter 16. – I Am A New Boy in More Senses Than One
• Chapter 17. – Somebody Turns Up
• Chapter 18. – A Retrospect
• Chapter 19. – I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery
• Chapter 20. – Steerforth’s Home
• Chapter 21. – Little Em’ly
• Chapter 22. – Some Old Scenes, and Some New People
• Chapter 23. – I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Pro-Fession
• Chapter 24. – My First Dissipation
• Chapter 25. – Good and Bad Angels
• Chapter 26. – I Fall into Captivity
• Chapter 27. – Tommy Traddles
• Chapter 28. – Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet
• Chapter 29. – I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again
• Chapter 30. – A Loss
• Chapter 31. – A Greater Loss
• Chapter 32. – The Beginning of a Long Journey
• Chapter 33. – Blissful
• Chapter 34. – My Aunt Astonishes Me
• Chapter 35. – DepressioN
• Chapter 36. – Enthusiasm
• Chapter 37. – A Little Cold Water
• Chapter 38. – A Dissolution of Partnership
• Chapter 39. – Wickfield and Heep
• Chapter 40. – The Wanderer
• Chapter 41. – Dora’s Aunts
• Chapter 42. – Mischief
• Chapter 43. – Another Retrospect
• Chapter 44. – Our Housekeeping
• Chapter 45. – Mr Dick Fulfils My Aunt’s Predic-Tions
• Chapter 46. – Intelligence
• Chapter 47. – Martha
• Chapter 48. – Domestic
• Chapter 49. – I Am Involved in Mystery
• Chapter 50. – Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True
• Chapter 51. – The Beginning of a Longer Journey
• Chapter 52. – I Assist at an Explosion
• Chapter 53. – Another Retrospect
• Chapter 54. – Mr. Micawber’s Transactions
• Chapter 55. – Tempest
• Chapter 56. – The New Wound, and the Old
• Chapter 57. – The Emigrants
• Chapter 58. – Absence
• Chapter 59. – Return
• Chapter 60. – Agnes
• Chapter 61. – I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents
• Chapter 62. –A Light Shines on My Way
• Chapter 63. – A Visitor
• Chapter 64. – A Last Retrospect
• Copyright