David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (1911)

S$127.00

David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (1911)

S$127.00

Title: David Copperfield
Author: Charles Dickens, Frank Reynolds (illus)
Publisher: The Westminster Press, exact date unknown. Research reveals it to be probably 1911.
Condition: Hardcover, decorative red cloth. Beautiful tipped in illustrations. Spine is badly discoloured, otherwise in good condition.

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The original early 20th century edition of which this book is a facsimile.

About the book (from Goodreads.com)

David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature’s great comic creations.

In David Copperfield—the novel he described as his “favorite child”—Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

Originally published as a monthly serial, from May 1849 to November 1850.

About Charles Dickens (from Wikipedia):

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.