This is a condensed Sinhala translation of David Copperfield, Charles Dickens's novel, prepared by Premasiri Mahingoda and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The whole text is in Sinhala — the title appears in transliterated form as Dewid Koparfild — so it will be readable only by someone comfortable in the language.
It is an abridgement rather than a full rendering, shortening Dickens's novel into a version that follows the story at a more contained length. The publisher presents it as a translation attentive to the feeling of the original, carrying across the novel's sense of inner life rather than reproducing every line of it.
Books of this kind have a settled place in Sinhala reading: foreign fiction brought into the language in compact form, often first met at school age and returned to later. It suits readers who want Dickens in Sinhala, households building a shelf of translated classics for younger readers, and anyone abroad keeping up a Sinhala reading habit.
- Author: Premasiri Mahingoda
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552116636
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