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David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
DNF.
I enjoyed the first-person perspective.
The wit, the humor, the poetry in Dicken’s writing is absent here. Those elements will usually make the dry portions interesting and pleasant, but with none here then. It was a long and slow read.
It starts out fast: death and misery. A hard time for young naive David as he’s passed around, mistreated and neglected. Then it slows to crawl.
Maybe it gets better, but there’s a point when nothing significant happening for chapters and chapters.
Up to the point I read, the usual Dickensian colorful characters are mosty missing. Uriah may be only strange one.
“ In fact,’ said Mrs. Micawber, lowering her voice,—‘this is between ourselves—our reception was cool.’
‘Dear me!’ I said.”
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Skimming...skimming...
“Her life will be well employed! Useful and happy, as she said that day!”
“When I loved her—“. Wait, no longer? This is the problem of skimming.
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Wait, that doesn’t make sense. She made deathbed promise, but then made no effort. That’s not cute.
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Not much in lessons here except bad things happen, and good things happen.
“Did it change her much?” We asked.
“Aye, for a good long time,” he said...
“but I think the solitoode done her good...”
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“...thus they wear their time away,”
I enjoyed the first-person perspective.
The wit, the humor, the poetry in Dicken’s writing is absent here. Those elements will usually make the dry portions interesting and pleasant, but with none here then. It was a long and slow read.
It starts out fast: death and misery. A hard time for young naive David as he’s passed around, mistreated and neglected. Then it slows to crawl.
Maybe it gets better, but there’s a point when nothing significant happening for chapters and chapters.
Up to the point I read, the usual Dickensian colorful characters are mosty missing. Uriah may be only strange one.
“ In fact,’ said Mrs. Micawber, lowering her voice,—‘this is between ourselves—our reception was cool.’
‘Dear me!’ I said.”
Edit:
Skimming...skimming...
“Her life will be well employed! Useful and happy, as she said that day!”
“When I loved her—“. Wait, no longer? This is the problem of skimming.
Edit:
Wait, that doesn’t make sense. She made deathbed promise, but then made no effort. That’s not cute.
Edit:
Not much in lessons here except bad things happen, and good things happen.
“Did it change her much?” We asked.
“Aye, for a good long time,” he said...
“but I think the solitoode done her good...”
Edit:
“...thus they wear their time away,”