The Personal History of David Copperfield: Special Illustrated Edition

The Personal History of David Copperfield is Charles Dickens’s eighth novel. First published in 1850, the novel's original full title is “The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)”. The Personal History of David Copperfield is written in the first person, by the main character David Copperfield, as a description of his life until middle age, with his own adventures and the numerous friends and enemies he meets along his way. It is his journey from being an impoverished, neglected child to a successful author. Often considered Charles Dickens’s veiled autobiography, The Personal History of David Copperfield follow many elements of the events in his own life. It was Charles Dickens’s favorite among his own novels, and in his own words "like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favorite child. And his name is David Copperfield."