Of all Charles Dickens' novels, this is perhaps the most revealing, both of Dickens himself and of the society of his time. It is little wonder that Dickens said of it, "of all my books I like this the best; like many fond parents I have in my heart of hearts a favorite child. And his name is David Copperfield." Certainly Copperfield's experiences - his early rejection, child labor in a warehouse, experience as a journalist and final success as a novelist - are strikingly similar to Dickens' own. David Copperfield firmly embraces the eternal freshness, the comic delights, the tender warmth, and the ghastly horrors of childhood. It is a timeless tale of a thoughtful orphan discovering how to live and love in a cutthroat, indifferent adult world.
Charles Dickens....Robert Glenister
David....Michael Legge
Dora....Alex Tregear
Agnes Wickfield....Emily Wachter
Betsey Trotwood....Deborah Findlay
Rosa Dartle....Eve Best
Steerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield
Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall
Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley
Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott
Emily....Joanne Froggatt
Martha....Helen Longworth
The Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths
Traddles....Carl Prekopp
Director Jeremy Mortimer.
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The idyllic childhood of a young boy shattered when his widowed mother remarries.
2 - I Begin Life On My Own Account
Young David has had reason to regret his mother's second marriage - his stepfather, Mr Murdstone, is cold and cruel. Young David is sent away in disgrace to a boarding school in London which brings both friendship and hardship.
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Following his mother's death, David is sent to work for Murdstone and Grinby.
He runs away to Dover to seek his aunt.
4 - The Question Of My Future
David has found his Aunt Betsey and has been adopted by her and Mr Dick.
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David falls in love - and questions his friendship with Steerforth.
6 - The Beginning Of A Long Journey
Emily runs away with the unreliable Steerforth. David has fallen in love with Dora Spenlow, and Uriah Heep confides in him that he hopes to marry Agnes Wickfield.
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Emily's run away with Steerforth, David has become secretly engaged to Dora and Aunt Betsey's lost her fortune through ill-advised investment.
8 - Mischief
Uriah is now a partner in Wickfield and Heep and has taken on a new clerk, Mr Micawber.
Dora now lives with two spinster aunts.
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