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: -What did Charles Dickens write? Among Charles Dickens’s many works are the novels The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), and Great Expectations (1861).

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel’s full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It was first published as a serial in 184950, and as a book in 1850.