David Copperfield

　　“ 附彩色插圖 ”

　　愛書人、中學生課外閱讀書單榜首
　　文學巨擘狄更斯最偏愛作品

　 　自幼失怙的大衛‧考柏菲爾德，從小在繼父暴力威脅下，飽受折磨和虐待，不僅家產遭侵占，還被逐出家門，趕去寄宿學校念書；在混亂的校園中，他了解到人情 世故，也學會如何適應環境。母親去世後，繼父逼他去工廠當童工，自力更生，他不甘心一輩子埋沒在空酒瓶堆，就跑去投靠他的貝希姨婆。長期寄人籬下的大衛， 在姨婆的栽培下繼續上學、找工作，儘管歷經種種艱苦，但因受到親友們的鼓勵及幫助，不畏命運打擊與考驗，最後終於成為名作家並找到自己的幸福。

　　本書中譯本<<塊肉餘生記>>由商周出版

　　Dickens' great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition

　　This is the novel Dickens regarded as his "favourite child" and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep, along with Mr. Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's own father that evokes a mixture of love, nostalgia, and guilt.

　　For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

查爾斯．狄更斯，19世紀英國批判現實主義作家。《塊肉餘生記》寫於1848～1850年，初稿以連載形式發表，故事中 深刻描繪了當時英國中產階級與下層社會的生活風貌。原文主書名《David Copperfield》，依書中主人翁「大衛．考柏菲爾德」為名，狄更斯曾在1869年版作者序中寫道：「就像很多溺愛子女的父母一樣，我的內心深處也 有個最偏愛的小孩，而他的名字就是大衛．考柏菲爾德。」在這部帶有濃厚自傳色彩的小說中，狄更斯以大衛做為自己的化身，將他的童年生活、成年經歷和戀愛故 事融入其中，不僅是他在個人著作中最喜愛的一部作品，也被毛姆列為「世界十大小說」之一。

　　Considered by many to be the greatest novelist of the English language, Charles John Huffam Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Some of his most popular works include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.