Orphanhood in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

Abstract

This study analyzes and illustrates orphanhood in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield which is one of the best known novels. Dickens is one of the greatest writers in the nineteenth century. He was an orphan. Orphanhood is embodied in most of his literary works. His novels are also the reflection of his life experience as an orphan. The study contains an introduction, and a short representation of what it is about. It offers also the methodology of the study. The literature review sheds light on the previous studies which dealt with the use of the idea of 'orphanhood' in Dickens' novels in general, and its use of it in David Copperfield in particular. The study ends with a conclusion of it.