7. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Unknown novel by little read author. (This could also have been Great
Expectations or Oliver Twist, but Copperfield is the one where, for me, the
disparate elements that make up the wonder of Dickens come together.)
Via Robot Wisdom, Wesley
Stace's top 10 books about children aimed at adults
Unknown novel?
Little read author?
I'm not sure what they teach for literature across the pond, but
here we got Dickens up the wazoo! I remember reading A
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (at 100+ pages, this would be a “short
story” by Mr. Dickens) and finding it okay, but I was also forcefed Great Expectations in 9th grade and hated it (and
at 500+ pages, this would be a “novella” for Mr. Dickens). But “little read author?”
I can only hope that Wesley Stace was being droll …
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