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I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD- wrote Dickens of what is the most personal- certainly one of the most popular- of all his novels. Dickens wrote the book after the completion of a fragment of autobiography recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse- and in the first-person narrative- a new departure for him- realized marvellously the workings of memory. The embodiment of his boyhood experience in the novel involved a complicated interweaving of truth and fiction- at its most subtle in the portrait of his father as Mr Micawber- one of Dickenss greatest comic creations. Enjoying a humour that never becomes caricature- the reader shares Davids affection for the eccentric Betsey Trotwood and her protege Mr Dick- and smiles with the narrator at the trials he endures in his love for the delightfully silly Dora. Settings- (East Anglia- the London of the 1820s)- people- and events are unified by their relationship to the story of Steerforths treachery- which reaches its powerful climax in the storm scene.This edition- which has the accurate Clarendon text- includes Dickenss trial titles and working notes- and eight of the original illustrations by Phiz. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship- providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features- including expert introductions by leading authorities- helpful notes to clarify th...