David Copperfield
DavidCopperfieldisthecommonnameoftheeighthnovel,firstpublishedasanovelin1850.LikemostofCharlesDickens'works,itoriginallyappearedinserialformduringthetwoprecedingyears.Manyelementsofthenovelfolloweventsinhisownlife,anditisprobablythemostautobiographicalofhisnovels.Intheprefacetothe1867edition,Dickenswrote,likemanyfondparents,Ihaveinmyheartofheartsafavouritechild.AndhisnameisDavidCopperfield.