David Copperfield (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Charles Dickens, Radhika Jones, Radhika Jones (Illustrator), Radhika Jones (Introduction)

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January 21, 2010: Emily Parker

David Copperfield

Summary

In the book David Copperfield by Charles Dickens a young boy, David, lives in a small house in the late 1600's. When David was born his aunt came to claim it was a girl and it shall be named Betsey. At last David was born to be a boy and his aunt raged in fury out the door and was never seen again. Ten years later David continued to live with his mother and their dear maid named Peggotty. David's mother gets remarried to a horrible man where his hideous sister moves in with them. His new dad, Mr.Mudstone, beats David and abuses David for anything David does. David is later sent to an extremely strict overnight school. David is abused there by teachers and students. David's mother had sadly passed away a week after the new baby was born, while David was at school. After his mother dies he refuses to go back home with his new dad and aunt. David runs away to Aunt Betsey's house who hasn't ever seen him since he was born. David grows up years later and marries a beautiful woman named Dora, but after a year of their marriage Dora becomes very ill and dies.

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

There are a lot of positives in the book David Copperfield. Some of the positives are when he ran away and lived with aunt Betsey in a peaceful house with a marvelous garden of all different colors. Also David won't ever have to worry about his step dad again after Aunt Betsey had adopted him. Another positive in this novel is David gets married to a lovely woman and then remarried to an other wonderful woman. Another positive in the novel was David had three children to take care of. Although there are a lot of positives there are also a lot of negatives. One of the negatives is that his mother dies. Also he is abused by his new father. When he first gets married, after a year, Dora his wife dies followed by her dog leaving him alone.

WRITING STYLE

The writing style that the author, Charles Dickens used the narrative style. It is narrative because the main character, David told the story. The tone of his writing is somewhat sad. This is because a lot of the story is sad. The words he uses are old-fashioned and were a little difficult to understand. This is because the book was written a long time ago. He uses figurative language so I could really see in my mind what was happening. This was really true at the times in the book where David was mistreated.

RECOMMENDATION

I recommend this book, David Copperfield, for many reasons. One of the reasons is because it shows some history. Another reason is that it is an emotional book. I also recommend it because it has a very nice ending.

Some other similar novels to this novel would be Oliver Twist also by Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit also by Charles Dickens and The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett.

There are some other novels that I would recommend. One of these novels is Twilight. Another book I would recommend is The Princess Diaries. The other novel I recommend is My Friend Flicka. These are all really great books that I really enjoyed reading.

WORST BOOK EVER!!!!!!by Anonymous

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January 20, 2010: This book is the worst book you may, no not even may, WILL ever read. I had to read his for a stupid ELA report and did no enjoy it one stupid little painful boring little bit of the time. It felt like it took forever and was like being hanged b your thumbs. NEVER EVER EVER READ HIS STUPIDIOUS BOOK. And to me yes stupidious is a word. Now that you know what this book is like DO NOT READ IT