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David Copperfield [AUDIO]
Worth buying if: You enjoy Dickensian character galleries such as Uriah Heep and Mr. Micawber.
Skip it if: You want a modernized retelling rather than Dickens’s 19th-century prose.
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Summary
David Copperfield charts the life of its eponymous narrator from a difficult childhood through apprenticeships, friendships, and marriage, blending comic set pieces, memorable characters like Uriah Heep and Betsey Trotwood, and social critique across 540 pages in this Random House audio edition.
Why this book now
This 1995 Random House audio edition invites listeners to re-experience Dickens’s portrait of Victorian society and personal resilience amid renewed interest in classic serial nove.
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Best for readers who...
Good fit if you want...
- You enjoy Dickensian character galleries such as Uriah Heep and Mr. Micawber.
- You prefer long-form coming-of-age narratives in audiobook form.
- When you want complex relationships, the author builds a climate and mood so fully that the setting feels like another character in the story.
Maybe skip if...
- You want a modernized retelling rather than Dickens’s 19th-century prose.
- You’re seeking a short, fast plot-driven thriller instead of a 540-page social novel.
- When you prefer definitive resolutions, the pacing favors careful development over immediate thrills.
Decided it fits?
Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780553473537
Worth buying if: You enjoy Dickensian character galleries such as Uriah Heep and Mr. Micawber.
Skip it if: You want a modernized retelling rather than Dickens’s 19th-century prose.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Steady Needs some room
At roughly 540 pages, expect many hours of listening—best approached across multiple sessions to savor Dickens’s episodic structure and extended character arcs.
What stands out here
This Random House 1995 audio edition emphasizes faithful narration of Dickens’s original voice and the novel’s serialized pacing rather than abridgment or modernization.
Best way to approach it
Listen patiently, note recurring figures like Betsey Trotwood and Mr. Micawber, and allow each long chapter to reveal social context and character transformation gradually.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780553473537
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