Copperfield
Autobiographical Dickens novel
Copperfield refers most commonly to David Copperfield, either the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel or the stage name of the American illusionist famous for spectacular tricks like making the Statue of Liberty disappear.
The Dickens novel is semi-autobiographical, and David Copperfield has become shorthand for coming-of-age narratives told in first person.
Performer of visual deception
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
escapology · spectacle · Statue of Liberty · disappearance · Las Vegas · stage magic · grand illusion · showmanship
Surname of Victorian novelist
- orphanChild whose parents died
- DoraTraditional feminine given name
- AgnesName meaning pure
- YarmouthCoastal town name
bildungsroman · autobiographical · coming-of-age · serialization · Victorian · social critique · Great Expectations · Bleak House
Surname of Victorian novelist
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- workhousesLabor-based relief institutions
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- penny dreadfulsCheap Victorian horror serials
gentility · carriages · top hats · corsets · Queen Victoria · steam engines · telegraph · morality
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
kinship · English surname · pedigree · legacy · inheritance · family history
illusionist
Performer of visual deception
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
levitation · escapology · spectacle · Statue of Liberty · disappearance · Las Vegas · stage magic · grand illusion · showmanship · flying
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
Yarmouth · bildungsroman · autobiographical · coming-of-age · serialization · Victorian · social critique · Great Expectations · Bleak House · classics
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- workhousesLabor-based relief institutions
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
penny dreadfuls · gentility · carriages · top hats · corsets · Queen Victoria · steam engines · telegraph · morality · etiquette
genealogy
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
lineage · kinship · English surname · pedigree · legacy · inheritance · family history
- MagiciansHarry Houdini, Houdini, Penn and Teller, Penn, Teller
- Literary surnamesDarcy, Twist, Gatsby
- Calgary NeighborhoodsKensington, Inglewood, Sunnyside, Brentwood, Ramsay
- Oregon TownsBurns, Enterprise, Jacksonville, Lakeview, Ontario
Copperfieldshort story
Brief prose fiction
flash fiction · vignette · microfiction · novella · sketch
copper, field, coppers, fields, coppery, fielded, fielding, fielder, fielders