The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.

A boy is dreaming of meeting his deceased father, but when his wish comes true and his father visits him as an angel, it turns out that he is not exactly the hero his son envisioned him to be.