Author: (Retold by Pauline Francis)

Publisher: Evans

Format: Paperback

Pages: 48

Suitable: Intermediate Levels

The 'Fast Track Classics' series presents retold, shortened versions of classic novels that are suitable for children working at Key Stage Two. The stories are retold so as to lose none of the strength and character of the originals.

David Copperfield tells the story of a young boy who is deeply affected when his widowed mother remarries. When she dies, David's stepfather sends him to work in a London factory. After his landlord in London is sent to prison David escapes to Dover and takes refuge with Betsey Trotwood, his aunt.