David Copperfield

It's been a while since we've heard anything from anyone, but we're going to give it another go with a new book: David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. In his introduction to this book, Dickens notes that while parents love all their children, they often have a favorite, and "David Copperfield," is his favorite "child." David Copperfield is also recognized as the most autobiographical of any of Dicken's novels. This will be my second read through the book, which I love, and I hope other's will enjoy it too. We're going to start reading immediately, and we'll try to post comments as we go along. We'd love to hear your comments as well.

Here are a couple of quotes from the novel just to get you interested:

" . . . Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!"

"I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world."

"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."


P.S. Jackie and I just finished reading the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo (1400 pages) ... another very good read and we loved it!