Abstract
<p>The current study aims at reconsidering critically Charles Dickens’s <em>David Copperfield</em>. Charles Dickens is perhaps the greatest—if not the most perfect—of Victorian story-teller whose works have become synonymous with Victorian England. Many of his novels came out in monthly installments and were awaited by his readers eagerly. His popularity lay in his ability to write gripping, sentimental stories filled with memorable characters. On a more serious level, his novels are a detailed account of both the good and bad sides of Victorian life. In the semi-autobiographical <em>David Copperfield</em>, the author paints a graphic picture of the living condition of the urban poor. He also denounces the exploitation of children by adults and the cruel competitive nature of Victorian society.</p><p>To conclude, characters such as Micawber (a portrait based on Dickens’s own father) has passed into folk lore and become household names, used by people who have never read a Dickens novel in their lives. Also, the writer uses too much black paint. However, he wanted to raise kindness and goodness in men’s hearts, and he used tears and laughter to reach his aims. He probably brought a little improvement in some condition, but very often, he failed to do so.</p>
Highlights
The middle third of the nineteenth century saw the peak of the English novel’s popularity, and the major figure in this popularity was Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
The current study aims at reconsidering critically Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield
The novel is partly based on the early career of the writer himself; though there were not many people who were in the framing of the secret, that little David was in so many ways close to Charles Dickens at a comparative age
Summary
The middle third of the nineteenth century saw the peak of the English novel’s popularity, and the major figure in this popularity was Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Dickens was never an intellectual (a critic has described the theme of all his novels as being that “people should be nicer to each other”), but he was always in close touch with his readers, who came from all sectors of society He was an actor of some genius, with an interest in drama and amateur theatrics that at times was obsessive. The frantic energy he showed throughout his life took its toll, as did a near-fatal train crash in which he was involved He began to give extremely successful public readings from his work, perhaps because he fed off the closeness and immediacy of a live audience and could always write for his readers as much as for himself, but these were a great strain, and almost certainly contributed to his relatively early death. The current study aims at reconsidering critically his undoubted masterpiece (David Copperfield) and some related matters
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