David Copperfield - Charles Dickens > Reviews

Advantages: So many wonderful characters to relate to
Disadvantages: Perhaps overly flowery at times.

...a friend advised me that David Copperfield made a good read. So with many a long train ride ahead (I live in Cambridge and knew that I had a course down in Plymouth and my partner at the time was in Edinburgh) I picked up the Wordsworth Edition in Borders for a snip (not exactly sure how much, but under £5 and for the length of book you certainly get your money's worth!) So yes, just to point out that the edition that I'm writing of has a notes section ... Read review

Advantages: huge social vistas
Disadvantages: harsh portrayal of women.

...variety of social depictions in David Copperfiled makes it an extraordinary portrayal of Victorian life - from the harshest of schools to the most tender home, the dire work place, the elevated office job, the street girl and the cad, Dickens captures a moment of Victorian society with amazing precision and insight. The unlikely tale of David Copperfield leads the young narator through all the aspects of the Victorian world. His love affairs are ... Read review

Advantages: The story
Disadvantages: Actually nothing

The young boy, David Copperfield, lives with his mother and Pegotty, who helps in the house, in Blunderstone, Scotland. Davids father died six moths before his birth. That's why David's aunt (actually she's his great aunt but she is marked as his aunt), Betsey Trotwood, the most powerful but also feared person of the family. Once, David's dad was the favourite of Mrs. Trotwood. But this changed as he married David's mother. Cause for the mighty ... Read review