About the book: year / The famous novel "The Life of David Copperfield" by the great English writer Charles Dickens has gained the love and recognition of readers all over the world. Largely autobiographical, this novel tells the story of a boy forced to fight alone against a cruel, bleak world inhabited by evil teachers, selfish factory owners and soulless servants of the law. In this unequal war, David can only be saved by moral firmness, purity of heart and extraordinary talent, capable of turning a dirty ragamuffin into the greatest writer of England. In this edition, the text of the novel is accompanied by brilliant illustrations by the Soviet artist Grigory Filippovsky (1909–1987).