Charles Dickens (1812–70) had astounding success
with his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, and never looked
back. In an extraordinarily full life he wrote, campaigned, and
spoke on a huge range of issues, and was involved in many of the
key aspects of Victorian life, by turns cajoling, moving, and
irritating. He completed fourteen full-length novels and volume
after volume of journalism. Of all his many works, he
called David Copperfield his "favourite child."
Jeremy Tambling (introduction) is a professor of
literature at the University of Manchester.
Coralie Bickford-Smith (cover design) is an award-winning
designer at Penguin Books, where she has created several highly
acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at Reading
University and lives in London.
"The most perfect of all the Dickens novels."
--Virginia Woolf
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