TY - BOOK AU - Dickens, Charles TI - The Personal History of David Copperfield SN - 9780140430080 U1 - 823 PY - 1985/// CY - London PB - penguin Books N2 - Intimately rooted in the author's own biography and written as a first-person narrative, "David Copperfield" charts a young man's progress through a difficult childhood in Victorian England to ultimate success as a novelist, finding true love along the way. Jeremy Tambling's provocative Introduction reveals subtle themes relevant today in Dickens' favorite work. 39 illustrations ER -