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I finally finished another novel for my 19th Century English Novel class. Instead of reading a novel in two weeks we took a month to read this one with Spring Break near the end, so overall a good five weeks to finish this. I’ve heard a lot about how daunting Dickens is to read because of how realistic and descriptive his stories are, but this read very easily and I was able to understand the whole story as it unfolded. David Copperfield is a masterpiece of a coming of age story. Charles Dickens somehow creates dozens of characters for this novel and makes them all so unique that you remember each of them. This is an absolutely massive novel and if it weren’t for Game of Thrones it would be the longest book I’ve finished. The character of David is one of the most realistic and relatable characters of the 1800’s and there are so many things about him to like. Which makes reading these 800+ pages much easier. It’s insane to think that audiences were reading this novel every month for almost two years before they could finish the whole thing since Dickens published about three or four chapters (or about 40 pages) every month. But doing that made this novel more affordable to the everyday masses. David goes through a lot in his life and all of it adds up to this very satisfying and earned ending with seeds blooming that were planted far earlier in the novel. Everyone gets a conclusion to their story and every story (and there are many in here) gets a conclusion. This novel won’t be for everyone, you have to be willing to commit to the length and stick with it. But reaching the end makes it all worth it. Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” gets a big 10/10 (5/5 stars) from me, I suppose it’s time to figure out what Dickens novel I want to read next. -Tyler.
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