ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -David Copperfield is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. It was first published as a serial in 1849 and 1850 and as a book in 1850.

Detailed explanation-2: -David Copperfield, in full The Personal History of David Copperfield, novel by English writer Charles Dickens, published serially in 1849–50 and in book form in 1850.

Detailed explanation-3: -Originally published in serial form from May 1849 through November 1850, David Copperfield is the first of Dickens’s novels written entirely in the first person.

Detailed explanation-4: -After her death, Dickens and some of his friends went on a walking tour of some of Dickens’s childhood haunts. His thoughts naturally turned to Fanny and to their childhood. It seems natural that in early 1849 he began to write what he later called his favorite child, the novel David Copperfield.