David Copperfield was Dickens’ favourite work and much of the story is based on events in his own life. The novel follows the adventures of young David – born to a widowed Mother, farmed out to a ...

Web extra: David Copperfield on his disappearing jet 01:08. He's now a very fit 66, and in a longtime relationship with designer Chloe Gosselin, with whom he has a teenage daughter.