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It took me a while to get through this book, as I got sidetracked with being in a play and reading/listening to other books. But, I’m glad that I did finish listening to it. Richard Armitage made this book for me. He was able to make distinct characterization with his voice and read with just the right amount of emotion and inflection. I started listening to David Copperfield after reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. It was fun listening for the similarities and changes. She did an a
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Get out your reading glasses, this was a long one I considered a personal challenge to complete. The memoir of David Copperfield has it all: mystery, marriage, death, abuse, love, survival and a passion for family connection.
If I had not done this as an audio book, I would have struggled with some of the dialogue. The narrator made the character Jane Murdstone’s voice hilarious to listen to. There are a variety of characters that keep the momentum flowing. I could pick out in my own family these ...more
If I had not done this as an audio book, I would have struggled with some of the dialogue. The narrator made the character Jane Murdstone’s voice hilarious to listen to. There are a variety of characters that keep the momentum flowing. I could pick out in my own family these ...more
The thing about Charles Dickens is that I always want to write him off as sentimental and preachy (which he definitely is), but that he's also a damned fine storyteller that brings such empathy and detail to his characters that I get sucked in. He even gets away with the sin of using his own life story as fictional fodder.
By contemporary standards, this is quite a meandering story. It literally starts before the main character is born and sees him through most of his life. He's still alive on t ...more
By contemporary standards, this is quite a meandering story. It literally starts before the main character is born and sees him through most of his life. He's still alive on t ...more
Loved it! Reconfirmed that Dickens is one of the best!
Jul 26, 2011
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