In high school,
I studied three assigned novels by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). In 9th
grade, our English class read Great Expectations. In 10th grade, we studied A Tale of Two Cities. And in 12th grade, it was David Copperfield.
Over the course
of some 40+ years, what I remembered most about David Copperfield were the two villains, James Steerforth and Uriah
Heep, and the terrible thing Steerforth did (but only that Heep was an evil
character). But a few visits to the Charles Dickens Museum in London over the
past five years led me back to David, his childhood nurse and housekeeper
Peggoty, to Dora and Agnes, Heep, David’s Aunt Betsey Trotwood, Mr. Murdstone
and his odious sister, Ham and Emily, and, well, to story of David from birth
to manhood.
What a
crackerjack story it is!
To continue
reading, please see my post today at TweetspeakPoetry.
Illustration: The original 1849 cover for
the first episode in the serialized
David Copperfield.
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