David Copperfield | Related Titles/Adaptations
Ten years after completing David Copperfield, Dickens wrote his second bildungsroman, Great Expectations (1860-61). There is little optimism despite the title in this work, and its hero, Pip (Phillip Pirrip) has a character that is much more like Dickens than David Copperfield. Unlike David, Pip is not patient and easy-going. He also becomes a snob who is embarrassed that his benefactor, Magwitch, is an escaped criminal. Another orphan character created by Dickens is Oliver Twist, and his story forms Dickens' third novel about a child caught in the underworld of...
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