Paul Morel is a sensitive artist with a far stronger attachment to his genteel mother than his working-class, alcoholic father. Searching for love and human connection, Paul is torn between two different women. There is Miriam, his passionate first love, and Clara, the married woman who propels him toward manhood. But neither lover can measure up to Paul's ideal woman -- his mother.

Our hero confronts a large and varied cast, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor, on his comic and satirical adventures up and down the country. Punishing wickedness, befriending the helpless, strutting the stage, and falling in love, Nicholas shares some of his creator's energy and earnestness as he faces the pressing issues of early Victorian society. About the Series:...

David Copperfield suffers from his abusive stepfather and the betrayal of the scheming Uriah Heep, finds a new life with his formidable aunt, and falls in love with Dora, as he fights to escape his impoverished and unhappy childhood.

David Copperfield traces the eponymous hero from misery in the Salem House Academy and drudgery in his stepfather's business, to his escape to Dover and an eccentric aunt where he transforms his life.