Considered to be the most autobiographical of all Dickens's novels Cast out by his cruel stepfather to the brutal boarding school Salem House, young David Copperfield quickly learns that he must fight for a better life. After discovering his mother has died while he has been away, David is left all [...]

In this novel, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. In a book which is part autobiographical, the novelist transmutes his life-experience into a series of comic and sentimental adventures.[...]

Partly modelled on his own life--although in no way a direct autobiography--David Copperfield follows a young boy's life, from his birth in Suffolk, through the trials and tribulations of childhood (including his mother's death), to his triumphant success as a novelist. The masterful early scenes, i[...]

Intermediate Level 7. - 9. Klasse / 1.600 Wörter Als David Copperfields Vater stirbt, heiratet seine Mutter den grausamen und autoritären Edward Murdstone. Davids junge Jahre sind geprägt von Armut und schwerer Arbeit. Schließlich läuft er weg und findet Zuflucht bei seiner Tante in Dover. Bev[...]

Dickens´ klassiker kommer nu i Rosinantes klassiker-serie. Det er den aldrende David Copperfield , der ser tilbage på sit liv og sin omtumlede barndom. Faren dør, før David kommer til verden, og hans mor dør, da han er ganske ung. Moren har levet sammen med den voldelige Mr. Murdstone[...]

2009 firas 200-årsminnet av Charles Darwins födelse, liksom 150-årsminnet av hans epokgörande bok om arternas uppkomst. Men vem var Darwin? Och varför väntade han i mer än 20 år med att publicera sin bok? Läs den spännande historien om hans enträgna arbete med att utveckla teorin om det n[...]

The last half-century has witnessed dramatic declines in gender inequality, evidenced by the rise of egalitarian views on gender roles and the narrowing of long-standing gender gaps in university attendance and labor force participation. This development, while spectacular, has been coupled with sim[...]

Everyone's favorite Dirty Old Man returns with a new volume of uncollected work. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), one of the most outrageous figures of 20th-century American literature, was so prolific that many significant pieces never found their way into his books. Absence of the Hero contains much [...]

The Acambaro collection comprises hundreds of clay figurines that are apparently thousands of years old; however, they depict such bizarre animals and scenes that most archaeologists dismiss them as an elaborate hoax. The collection shows humans interacting with dinosaurs and various other 'monsters[...]

Explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary and topical perspectives, contributors consider the many ways in which the world of the long 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, exploration a[...]