David Copperfield (Classics Library)
Worth buying if: Uriah Heep’s oily scheming and Mr. Micawber’s grand speeches delight you.
Skip it if: A 768-page Victorian bildungsroman with episodic turns feels too sprawling.
Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9781853260247. The Amazon link uses this ISBN, so the product page should open to the edition shown here.
If this page helped you decide, purchasing through the Amazon button above supports UPB Books at no extra cost to you and helps us continue improving the site. Thanks for visiting today.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Affiliate disclosure: purchases made through links on this site may earn us a commission at no additional cost to you.
Summary
Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield charts a boy’s rise from hardship at Blunderstone and Salem House to a life of love, work, and writing. A rich coming‑of‑age packed with satire, pathos, and a gallery of vivid Victorian characters.
Why this book now
Revisit the classic that inspired Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead and see Dickens’s original coming‑of‑age blueprint in full.
30-second preview
Two quick cards, fifteen seconds each.
Card 1 of 2
Best for readers who...
Good fit if you want...
- Uriah Heep’s oily scheming and Mr. Micawber’s grand speeches delight you.
- You savor Dickensian London scenes from Dover to Doctors’ Commons.
- When you want a vivid sense of place, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
Maybe skip if...
- A 768-page Victorian bildungsroman with episodic turns feels too sprawling.
- You bristle at coincidences, moral reckonings, and ornate 19th‑century prose.
- When you dislike opaque narrators, description is rich and frequent, which may feel excessive if you like sparseness.
Decided it fits?
Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9781853260247
Worth buying if: Uriah Heep’s oily scheming and Mr. Micawber’s grand speeches delight you.
Skip it if: A 768-page Victorian bildungsroman with episodic turns feels too sprawling.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Reader guide
Cues to help you decide faster.
Reading commitment
Substantial Longer sessions help
At 768 pages, this is a leisurely, chapter-by-chapter journey—ideal for steady nightly sessions or a few immersive weekends.
What stands out here
This 1997 Lb May & Assoc Inc Classics Library edition presents the complete text of David Copperfield in a durable reprint at a substantial 768 pages.
Best way to approach it
Approach it like its original serialization: read in installments, linger over set pieces, and keep a character list handy as David’s world expands.
Was this page helpful?
Quick thumbs only. No login.
Loading feedback…
Exact edition: ISBN-13 9781853260247
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.