• ISBN13: 9788124805619
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Peacock Books
• Publication Date: June 28, 2023
• Pages: 900
• Original Price: INR 495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 750 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

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. In the heart of Blunderstone, England, David Copperfield's idyllic life with his loving mother is shattered by the arrival of his tyrannical stepfather, who sends him to a boarding school under a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. David courageously endures the wretched education at Salem House, copes with the death of his mother, labours at Murdstone and Grinby's and ultimately makes a desperate escape to his aunt's. Originally serialised from May 1849 to November 1850, David Copperfield, partly autobiographical in nature, takes the reader on a coming-of-age journey of a young man, from his tragic childhood to his successful career as a novelist, as he meets a cast of dynamic characters including the verbose Mr. Micawber, the villainous Uriah Heep and the eccentric Betsey Trotwood. Dickens revealingly draws from his own experiences, creating one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.

• 1. I am Born ...................................................................................................... 1
• 2. I Observe .................................................................................................... 12
• 3. I Have a Change ........................................................................................ 27
• 4. I Fall into Disgrace .................................................................................... 43
• 5. I am Sent away from Home ..................................................................... 62
• 6. I Enlarge my Circle of Acquaintance ..................................................... 81
• 7. My ‘First Half’ at Salem House ................................................................ 89
• 8. My Holidays. Especially one Happy Afternoon ................................. 108
• 9. I Have a Memorable Birthday .............................................................. 124
• 10. I Become Neglected, and am Provided for ......................................... 136
• 11. I Begin Life on my own Account, and Don’t Like It ......................... 156
• 12. Liking Life on my own Account no Better, I form a
• Great Resolution ..................................................................................... 172
• 13. The Sequel of My Resolution ................................................................ 182
• 14. My Aunt Makes up her Mind about Me ............................................. 202
• 15. I Make another Beginning .................................................................... 218
• 16. I am a New Boy in More Senses than One ......................................... 228
• 17. Somebody Turns Up .............................................................................. 250
• 18. A Retrospect ............................................................................................ 268
• 19. I Look about Me, and Make a Discovery ............................................ 275
• 20. Steerforth’s Home .................................................................................. 292
• 21. Little Em’ly .............................................................................................. 301
• 22. Some Old Scenes, and Some New People ........................................... 321
• 23. I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession ............................ 344
• 24. My First Dissipation .............................................................................. 359
• 25. Good and Bad Angels ............................................................................ 368
• 26. I Fall into Captivity ................................................................................ 388
• 27. Tommy Traddles .................................................................................... 404
• 28. Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet ...................................................................... 414
• 29. I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again ................................................. 434
• 30. A Loss ....................................................................................................... 442
• 31. A Greater Loss ........................................................................................ 451
• vi Contents
• 32. The Beginning of a Long Journey ........................................................ 461
• 33. Blissful ...................................................................................................... 479
• 34. My Aunt Astonishes me ........................................................................ 496
• 35. Depression ............................................................................................... 505
• 36. Enthusiasm .............................................................................................. 526
• 37. A Little Cold Water ................................................................................ 543
• 38. A Dissolution of Partnership ................................................................ 551
• 39. Wickfield and Heep ............................................................................... 568
• 40. The Wanderer ......................................................................................... 588
• 41. Dora’s Aunts ........................................................................................... 597
• 42. Mischief ................................................................................................... 614
• 43. Another Retrospect ................................................................................ 634
• 44. Our Housekeeping ................................................................................. 643
• 45. Mr. Dick Fulfils my Aunt’s Predictions .............................................. 658
• 46. Intelligence .............................................................................................. 675
• 47. Martha ..................................................................................................... 689
• 48. Domestic .................................................................................................. 701
• 49. I am Involved in Mystery ...................................................................... 712
• 50. Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True ..................................................... 725
• 51. The Beginning of a Longer Journey ..................................................... 735
• 52. I Assist at an Explosion ......................................................................... 753
• 53. Another Retrospect ................................................................................ 777
• 54. Mr. Micawber’s Transactions ............................................................... 782
• 55. Tempest ................................................................................................... 798
• 56. The New Wound, and the Old ............................................................. 810
• 57. The Emigrants ........................................................................................ 817
• 58. Absence .................................................................................................... 828
• 59. Return ...................................................................................................... 835
• 60. Agnes........................................................................................................ 851
• 61. I am Shown Two Interesting Penitents ............................................... 860
• 62. A Light Shines on My Way ................................................................... 873
• 63. A Visitor .................................................................................................. 882
• 64. A Last Retrospect ................................................................................... 890