Charles Dickens

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David Copperfield (Annotated)

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Read one of the greatest classics of all time.The definitive edition.Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens Clear print Professionally formatted David Copperfield was born in Blunderstone, England, six months after his father's death. His childhood is very happy, as he has a loving and warm mother and a friendly housekeeper that raise him well despite their lack of money. However, his mother soon remarries a cruel, petty man that doesn't like David. He subjects them both to toxic behavior and child abuse, affecting David's life severely. After his stepfather sends him to a boarding school, David makes a resolution that will change his life. He promises himself to be as different from his stepfather as possible. David wants to become a good, kind gentleman. Immerse yourself in this book and watch over Copperfield as he grows, matures, and tries to overcome his cruel circumstances!

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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsea, England. His parents were middle-class and suffered financially. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family faced financial crisis, which forced him to quit school and work in a shoe polish manufacturing factory. Dickens's mother and siblings eventually joined him. Dickens continued to work at the factory for several months. In the factory the horrific conditions haunted him throughout his life. Dickens never forgot the day when a senior boy in the warehouse took it upon himself to instruct Dickens how to do his work more efficiently. As a young adult, Dickens worked as a law clerk and later as a journalist. He perceived the darker social conditions of the Industrial Revolution. A collection of semi-fictional sketches entitled Sketches by Boz earned him recognition as a writer. Dickens began to make money from his writing when he published his first novel, The Pickwick Papers in 1836. The Pickwick Papers was hugely popular and Dickens became a literary celebrity at the age of twenty-five. Dickens's themes included wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. In 1836, Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, but after twenty years of marriage and their ten children, he fell in love with Ellen Ternan, an actress many years his junior. Soon after, Dickens and his wife separated. Dickens remained a prolific writer to the end of his life, and his novels - Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Bleak House - continued to earn critical and popular acclaim. He died of a stroke in 1870, at the age of 58.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sastrugi Press LLC
• Seitenzahl: 712
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1137g
• ISBN-13: 9781649220585
• ISBN-10: 1649220588
• Artikelnr.: 61144940