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David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

3.9 AVERAGE


I didn't want it to end.
medium-paced
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

L1 English major university reading.
A fictional autobiography ?
- it does contain many autobiographical elements :: his experiences, his career, the love for his first wife
- but realism ? :: it may show social realities (poverty, child labor, death, ...) but there are 2 figures which are the opposite of realism; symbolism like the book about crocodiles often coming back, caricature as a way to describe characters

“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.”

“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved the audiobook narration, but the story was just meh….
emotional reflective
emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes