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A review by lory_enterenchanted
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
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I remember reading this when I was in France at age 19 and craving very long, English books. I devoured it then but don't believe I read it since. Picked it up this time in anticipation of reading Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperfield. What can I say about Dickens's masterpiece -- it creates a world of unforgettable characters, circling around the question of what makes a good person, a good life; how one comes through misfortunes without losing one's integrity. The heavy-handed moralizing around "fallen women" is the most jarring element, although to be expected for the time. I'm curious what Kingsolver does with this material.
I remember reading this when I was in France at age 19 and craving very long, English books. I devoured it then but don't believe I read it since. Picked it up this time in anticipation of reading Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperfield. What can I say about Dickens's masterpiece -- it creates a world of unforgettable characters, circling around the question of what makes a good person, a good life; how one comes through misfortunes without losing one's integrity. The heavy-handed moralizing around "fallen women" is the most jarring element, although to be expected for the time. I'm curious what Kingsolver does with this material.