David Copperfield: Charles Dickens (Vintage Classics Dickens Series) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178487342X ISBN 13: 9781784873424

Verlag: Random House UK, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show... When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Over the course of his adventures, David meets an array of eccentric characters and learns hard lessons about the world before he finally discovers true happiness., Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series:A Christmas CarolA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsHard TimesOliver Twist

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Críticas:

"The greatest achievement of the greatest of all novelists" (Leo Tolstoy)

"Dickens did what very few writers have managed to not only describe a city, but to define it... For all his sentimentality, [Dickens] was an extraordinary person, inseparable inthe imagination from London, just as London is inseparable from Dickens" (Time Out)

"David Copperfield is Dickens's Hamlet... I can't remember being so moved by one of his novels... What puts David Copperfield right up there with Bleak House and Great Expectations, however, is its sweet nature, and its surprising modernity... Completing David Copperfield has left me feeling bereft" (Nick Hornby)

"I came to Dickens relatively late in life, but in a way, I think that's the best time. When you're a child, all you see is the plum-pudding characterization and twisting-and-turning storylines, and though that is part of the juicy pleasure of Dickens, you need to be an adult to get the heartbreaking measure of his genius. And nothing shows that more, for me, than David Copperfield. It's the fullest, most breathtakingly truthful story of life - not for nothing was it Freud's favorite novel" (Nigella Lawson)

Reseña del editor:

Dickens' supremely timeless work on ambition and self-improvement.

‘I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’

Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. Pip's desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.

A beautiful and quirky collectible edition as part of the Vintage Classics Dickens series.
Also includes:

A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Hard Times
Oliver Twist

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• Verlag: Random House UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 178487342X
• ISBN 13: 9781784873424
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 976