David Copperfield (deutsch)

Dickens called this his "favorite child" among his novels, and reading it, you understand why. David Copperfield is the most deeply personal of his works, a novel that wound the author's own suffering childhood into something luminous and enduring. Young David endures neglect, cruel stepfathers, and the workhouse before finding his way to become a writer. But this is no mere misery memoir. It crackles with Dickens' genius for characters: the forever-hopeful Mr. Micawber, the unnervingly oily Uriah Heep, the fierce Miss Betsey Trotwood, and David's two great loves, the ethereal Dora and the steadfast Agnes. It is a story about how we become ourselves through love, loss, and the stubborn refusal to surrender. If you have ever felt like an outsider, or dreamed of reinventing yourself, or simply wanted to disappear into a world where characters feel like family, this is your novel.