TY - SOUND AU - Dickens,Charles AU - Nevins,Allan TI - David Copperfield SN - 9781440792052 AV - PZ3.D55PR4558 D64 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Recorded Books KW - Boys KW - Fiction KW - Orphans KW - Young men KW - Stepfathers KW - Child labor KW - England KW - Coming of age fiction KW - tlcgt KW - Autobiographical fiction KW - gsafd N2 - David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations. In David Copperfieldthe novel he described as his "favorite child"Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure ER -