Dickens' own childhood and youth are reflected in his novel of David Copperfield's early adventures and marriage

Retells six novels of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol; Great Expectations; David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby

When his impoverished mother dies during childbirth, it would seem things could not be worse for the young unnamed protagonist of this classic novel. However, the child -- given the Oliver Twist by a government functionary -- is thrust into a world with little sympathy for poor orphans, and he decscends into a tortuous world of mean spirited caretakers. The spirited innocent breaks away to make his own way in the hustle-bustle of London, falling...

The inhabitants of two cities--including a doctor, his devoted daughter, the young French aristocrat she loves, and their English friend--are swept into the tide of the French Revolution