Published in monthly instalments from 1849 to 1850, David Copperfield was Charles Dickens’s own favourite child — his most autobiographical novel, tracing the life of its narrator from an unhappy childhood through young adulthood, misfortune, love, and eventual fulfilment. The novel is populated with some of Dickens’s most memorable characters, from the oleaginous Uriah Heep to the endlessly optimistic Micawber.
A rich and humane portrait of Victorian England, David Copperfield set the template for countless coming-of-age novels that followed. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg and follow David from orphaned boy to celebrated author.