David Copperfield | David Copperfield

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Author: Charles Dickens
First Published: 1849
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
Subjects: Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Autobiography, Friendship, Abandoned children, Schools or school life, Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Theft, Stepfamily, Abandonment, Boys, Victorian era or Victorianism
Locales: London, England, Australia, Canterbury, England

Blunderstone Rookery. Suffolk birthplace and boyhood home of David Copperfield, who often associates the place in his mind with the nearby tombstone of his father. Charles Dickens himself grew up in Suffolk and always tied it to childhood innocence. David’s earliest memories of happy evenings with his mother and nurse Peggotty soon give way to the strict and cruel house presided over by his new stepfather and aunt. He retreats to his room and finds refuge in his father’s books. This same room is a prison for five days of punishment which to the boy seem a...

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