VINTAGE CLASSICS: DAVID COPPERFIELD

Young David Copperfield is sent away by his cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, to a boarding school in London, but when his circumstances suddenly change David is forced to work from morning to night in Murdstone’s factory. Based in part on the author’s own life, David Copperfield is the epic story of a young man’s journey of self-discovery – from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the memorable cast of characters, he encounters along the way are his brutal stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; bubbly Nurse Peggotty; his brilliant, but unworthy schoolmate Steerforth, his eccentric aunt, Betsy Trotwood, the scheming clerk Uriah Heep, the enchanting Dora, and the magnificent Mr. Macawber – a character much like Dickens’ own father. Full of tragedy and comedy in equal measure, David Copperfield remains one of the most enduring and popular of Dickens’ novels.