David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens and is considered the most autobiographical of his novels. Like Dickens, David works as a child, pasting labels onto bottles. David also becomes first a law clerk, then a reporter, and finally a successful novelist. Mr. Micawber is a satirical version of Dickenss father, a likable man who can never scrape together the money he needs. Many of the secondary characters spring from Dickenss experiences as a young man in financial distress in London. In later years, Dickens called David Copperfield his favourite child, and many critics consider the novel to be one of his best depictions of childhood.