Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: ` Of all my books I like this the best`. Millions of readers in almost every hanguage on earth have subsequently come to share the author`s own enthusiasm for this greatly loved classic, possibly because of its autobiographical form. Following the life of David through many sufferings and great adversity, the company of a host of English fiction`s greatest stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the peggotty family.

Few readers, arriving at the end of David Copperfield, will not wish to echo Thackeray`s famous praise, having read the first monthly part - `Bravo Dickens`.