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Title: David Copperfield (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Charles Dickens, Malcolm Andrews ISBN: 0-460-87236-2 Publisher: Everyman Paperback Classics Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (86 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life Is A Great Storm
Comment: David Copperfield, Dickens' favorite child, is an experience. Forget what your high school teacher or college professor told you. Forget all the terribly bad film representations of this book. Forget the glib one-liner reviews about Dickens people being caricatures instead of characters. READ this book. This book is one of the few Real Books in this world.
The great storm scene alone will thunder forever in your memories. You will encounter with Copperfield:
the evil, chilling Uriah Heep,
the mental and physical destruction of his mother by a Puritanical,untilitarian step-father,
the always in-debt Mr. Mawcawber who somehow transcends his economic and egocentric needs into something noble,
the betrayal of Copperfield by his best friend and Copperfield's shattered emotions by this betrayal,
the ruination of another close friend's reputation, and her step-by-step climb back out of the mire,
Copperfield's own passionate step into marriage while too young with an irresponsible, yet innocent child-woman, her death,
Copperfield's own rise from poverty and orphanhood into worldly success but empty life until mature love rescues him.
Dickens has a real gift for creating people that irritate you, yet gradually you come to love them - just like folks in real life. If you never have read Dickens, come meet David Copperfield. You'll find that your impressions of David from the brief snippets by critics, teachers, reviewers, professors and know-it-alls completely different than the Real Thing.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Work of Masterpiece by the Master himself...
Comment: Charles Dickens is synonymous with literary masterpieces... And rereading this book again since high school has given me a new appreciation for this author's work. He brings us humanity at every angle... the goodness and evil, love and hate, life and death is displayed in his writing. It's about a young boy who overcomes being orphaned and child labor to become a man of his "own account" and finding true love. Although, even after all the trials and tribulations that he goes through, he still remains pure and consistent. The good in him, since a young boy, remains in him as an adult. David Copperfield is amazing. He brings us many memorable characters and even more memorable scenes. Who could forget Mr. Micawber, Miss Betsy Trotwood and Uriah Heep? And the scenes from his early childhood to all that takes place in the Yarmouth seashore is unforgettable. More like a memoir than a fiction, this pseudo autobiography must have been close to the author's heart. Dickens himself said in his later years that David Copperfield is his "favorite child".
What a wonderful book. I've cried and laughed, even though, I didn't think I would enjoy this book. I was thoroughly absorbed from the very beginning and couldn't put this book down. One of those books you should read once in your lifetime...if not twice.
Julianne
Rating: 5
Summary: High marks for this one
Comment: Should I admit that I came to this book late in life? We had to read GREAT EXPECTATIONS in high school, while I understand that others had to read this book. So, these many years later I picked it up and was pleasantly surprised. Quite a bit longer than EXPECTATIONS, this one nevertheless is every bit as good. Written as an autobiography, the book narrates the life of a fatherless child who becomes an orphan at the early age of about eight or nine years. The story continues throughout David Copperfield's life and the plot is as rich as the characters he meets during the book. One of Charles Dickens most notable qualities is how well he creates and describes the characters in his books. And David Copperfield presents plenty of them, some of the most famous: the strong-minded Betsey Trotwood, the lovely Peggotty family, the persuasive Steerforth, the wise Agnes, the ugly Uriah Heep and of course the micawberish Mr Micawber. If you're looking for a book by Dicken's that is his most autobiographical, this is it. Would also recommend "Of Mice and Men," "Bark of the Dogwood" and "To Kill a Mockingbird."
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Title: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0812580036 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0451526562 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens, Mark Ford, Hablot Knight Browne ISBN: 0140435123 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Great Expectations (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0679405798 Publisher: Unknown Publisher - Being Researched Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Pickwick Papers (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0140436111 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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