Type of bind: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 028
EAN num: 9781578151141
ISBN number: 1578151147
Label: Media Books Audio Publishing
Manufacturer: Media Books Audio Publishing
Quantity: 2
Printing Date: 1999-07
Publishing house: Media Books Audio Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 2626631
Studio: Media Books Audio Publishing
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Intimately rooted in the author's own biography and written as a first-person narrative, 'David Copperfield' charts a young man's progress through a difficult childhood in Victorian England to ultimate sucess as a novelist, finding true love along the way. Jeremy Tambling's provocative Introduction reveals subtle themes relevant yesterday in Dickens' favorite work. 39 illustrations.
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Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and performed them as staged readings. This version, each page illustrated with lovely watercolour paintings, is a beautiful example of one of these adaptations.
Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as 'a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her.' When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly 'child-wife,' Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens.
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My review for Charles Dickens' David Copperfield is long overdue. A year ago, I finished. This was my 'reality TV'. I spent one or two hours a night, every night, reading this book over three months. If you want characters and a plot that will keep you engaged, look no further.
There's a lot to be said about David Copperfield. The book felt more personal than the other books Dickens wrote. David's plight through life felt identifiable and personal. I got the sense that more of Dickens went into David Copperfield, the character, than any of his other characters.
Throughout his life, David met the good (Micawber, Ham, Peggotty, Clara) and the bad (Uriah Heep, Murdstone and his sister), made sense of it all, but didn't dwell too much on the bad. The bad for him were lessons learned. Hmmmm... Sounds like a lesson for all of us. You think??
Without spoiling the ending, I will say I left the book with a happy feeling.
And... if you find a hardcover copy with the original artwork, this will enhance your enjoyment.
I highly recommend adding David Copperfield to your library.
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Charles Dickens' David Copperfield is said to be Dickens' favorite book that he ever wrote. Copperfield's and Dickens' childhoods were classically the same and many critics believe that David Copperfield was actually a Charles Dickens autobiography. He modeled many of the characters in this novel after people he knew; for instance, Micawber was modeled after Dickens' own father who was sent to debtors prison. However, Micawber becomes a humorous, amiable character who was quite different from Dickens' own father. This book is definitely of 5 star quality and I will teach it in my College English classes when I begin teaching.
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What could be more prosaic? A physically abused child surmounts all obstacles through diligence, devotion, goodness, and terrific good luck at key moments. But within this simple frame Dickens paints a tapestry of pity and terror and epiphany. To encounter such a broad spectrum of good and evil - the pure femininity of a lover, the earthy sweetness of a nurse, the generosity of a mentor, the frivolity of a sweetheart, parental naivete and cruelty, the destructive arrogance of a best friend, the viciousness of a Uriah Heep - would be an object lesson in Humanity. But we encounter all this each day. This dawns on you with each passing chapter - and that you are confronting yourself as you confront them: Your own evil and your own goodness rising above the shadows. Copperfield is a quick course in religion and philosophy and psychology. By the end, you're transformed vicariously and like David Copperfield dismiss the shadows: "Thus I leave them; thus I always find them; thus they wear their time away, from year to year".
Please note: Dickens is not my favorite author. His style at times is too melodramatic. But David Copperfield is wonderful. If we had only this, it would be clear Dickens was a master who walked the talk. Highly commended even for those who are not Dickens fans.
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I have read and listened to many of Dickens' novels, and this is, without a doubt, my favorite. In fact, this is my favorite audiobook bar none.
This BBC Radio adaptation is the perfect introduction to Dickens and to David Copperfield in particular for those who may be dissuaded from reading Copperfield because of its length. It is impossible to imagine that the BBC could have found better performers for the roles--I can easily hear their voices in my mind as I recall the story. Although the story is abridged, you don't get the sense that you are missing any of the important points of the story. In fact, it's a much more satisfying "read" than most books in their unabridged version.
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For the price of the Everyman edition, one would expect the pages to be cleanly printed. Instead, the letters are faded and weak on many pages. On many pages, parts of some letters are missing altogether.
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