{"product_id":"david-copperfield-5","title":"David Copperfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The greatest achievement of the greatest of all novelists'' Leo Tolstoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e - the novel he described as his ''favourite child'' - Dickens drew on his own experiences to create one of his most moving and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. It is the story of a young man''s adventures on his journey from an unhappy childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant but unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature''s great comic creations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Jeremy Tambling\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307730510206,"sku":"NW9780140439441","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780140439441.jpg?v=1778235664","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/david-copperfield-5","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}