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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Docenia powieści Dickensa, jednak chyba nie są one dla mnie…
A kaleidoscope of characters and social commentary that brings Victorian times to life. The intertwined threads of the different families and their circumstances are entertaining and illuminating. There is much to reflect on about how times have changed but some of our social values haven’t really changed at all.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
One of my favorite Dickens...full of the most wonderful characters and prose.
Dickens is amazing, even when his plots get a little squirrely, I can forgive him almost anything for the brilliant characters he creates. David is almost too good for this book, certainly too good for the charmed kind of life he leads. Whenever he finds himself in trouble, somehow fate lends a hand to get him out of it. There are few accusatory scenes in literature as memorable or as deliciously tingly as the single name, "HEEP!"
“God help me, I might have been improved for my whole life, I might have been made another creature perhaps, for life, by a kind word at that season. A word of encouragement and explanation, of pity for my childish ignorance, of welcome home, of reassurance to me that it was home, might have made me dutiful to him in my heart henceforth, instead of in my hypocritical outside, and might have made me respect instead of hate him.”
“I labour under the same kind of astonishment to this day, having invariably observed that of all human weaknesses, the one to which our common nature is the least disposed to confess (I cannot imagine why) is the weakness of having gone to sleep in a coach.”
“Another of his characteristics—no use of superlatives. A cool calm medium always.”
From: ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens.
I finished my first Dickens on the train to Jogjakarta this morning and I annotated so much that I could have copied half the book here. I have added these specific quotes for no particular reason other than that I loved these sentences or thought it an example of his humor.
What can I say about Dickens’ writing that hasn’t been said much better before by others than I ever could, so suffice it to say that I was thoroughly impressed and loved every minute with this book.
I love how his style of writing “matures” with David Copperfield’s age. I love his observant descriptions of environment and people and how many characters have their own distinct voices, especially in the way they speak. I loved the characters, even though some may have been a little two-dimensional (as in: either all good or all bad). It could have been a little shorter, in my opinion, without losing its power, but that is neither here nor there.
Have you read Dickens? If so, please tell me your favorite! And if you’ve waited this long like me: get started, you won’t be disappointed.
“I labour under the same kind of astonishment to this day, having invariably observed that of all human weaknesses, the one to which our common nature is the least disposed to confess (I cannot imagine why) is the weakness of having gone to sleep in a coach.”
“Another of his characteristics—no use of superlatives. A cool calm medium always.”
From: ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens.
I finished my first Dickens on the train to Jogjakarta this morning and I annotated so much that I could have copied half the book here. I have added these specific quotes for no particular reason other than that I loved these sentences or thought it an example of his humor.
What can I say about Dickens’ writing that hasn’t been said much better before by others than I ever could, so suffice it to say that I was thoroughly impressed and loved every minute with this book.
I love how his style of writing “matures” with David Copperfield’s age. I love his observant descriptions of environment and people and how many characters have their own distinct voices, especially in the way they speak. I loved the characters, even though some may have been a little two-dimensional (as in: either all good or all bad). It could have been a little shorter, in my opinion, without losing its power, but that is neither here nor there.
Have you read Dickens? If so, please tell me your favorite! And if you’ve waited this long like me: get started, you won’t be disappointed.
Oh my goooosshhhh so good!! Listening to this right after Jane Eyre was a total win - apparently Dickens got the idea to write from a child's perspective from Charlotte Bronte. And the two books were the first to ever tell a story that way. David Copperfield is engrossing and the characters are bright and real and developed. I miss them already. The story is quietly emotional without being too melodramatic. The narrator (Nicolas Boulton) is wonderful, and I think is a big part of why I loved this book so much!