David Copperfield

Resumen del libro

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 brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; his nemesis, the eternally humble 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 favourite 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.

This edition uses the re-edited text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.

Biografía del autor

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) es uno de los grandes narradores ingleses de todos los tiempos. Entre sus obras más conocidas se cuentan "Tiempos difíciles", "Grandes esperanzas", "Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield", "La tienda de antigüedades", "Historia de dos ciudades" y "Canción de Navidad", todas ellas publicadas en Alianza Editorial además de sus "Cuentos de miedo".