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David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
What is the charm of David Copperfield? Why do so many of my favorite authors claim its superiority? I had to ask this about half way through the book, when I thought it would never end as we examined every detail of Dicken's "favorite child's" life. But the rest of the book is very engaging and satisfying, especially for its surprising legal detail and view into how women of that society lived and died. This is another example of why I force myself to read (actually listen, it's much easier) to at least one new classic a year.
Harold Bloom claims that Dickens hates women, but after reading this near autobiography, this is obviously untrue. Clearly there are women that Copperfield hated and women that baffled him, but there were women that he loved dearly who shine in this novel. It is these women, as seen through Copperfield's eyes, who linger in your heart when all is said and done.
If it is possible to narrow the scope of this novel, this one quote can sum up most of the conflict in it: "There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose." How many times is that phrase repeated? (I think ten at least). You know Copperfield will eventually figure it out, but when he finally does it is very satisfying rather than anti-climactic.
I also must say that this narrator brought this book alive to me. Even that ending paragraph, which when read in comparison to the first paragraph seems to fall so short and trite. In the narration it was sublime.
Harold Bloom claims that Dickens hates women, but after reading this near autobiography, this is obviously untrue. Clearly there are women that Copperfield hated and women that baffled him, but there were women that he loved dearly who shine in this novel. It is these women, as seen through Copperfield's eyes, who linger in your heart when all is said and done.
If it is possible to narrow the scope of this novel, this one quote can sum up most of the conflict in it: "There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose." How many times is that phrase repeated? (I think ten at least). You know Copperfield will eventually figure it out, but when he finally does it is very satisfying rather than anti-climactic.
I also must say that this narrator brought this book alive to me. Even that ending paragraph, which when read in comparison to the first paragraph seems to fall so short and trite. In the narration it was sublime.