David Copperfield
British novelist, 1812–1870.
David Copperfield is an 1849 novel by Charles Dickens.
On 7 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- First published
- Serialised 1849–50
- Length
- 1024 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Autobiographical, Class and society
Is David Copperfield worth reading?
7 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 13 | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 49 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 33 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 8 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 34 | See the list |
Best edition of David Copperfield
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2004), 1024 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 1024
- ISBN
- 9780140439441
How critics and readers rate David Copperfield
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 68% of the points available on critics' lists, against 37% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like David Copperfield
If you liked David Copperfield, try Great Expectations, Bleak House or A Tale of Two Cities.
