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Every Charles Dickens novel is a masterclass in all aspects of storytelling—none more so than David Copperfield—but when it comes to delineation of character, Dickens has no peer. There’s a scene in the novel where young David, exiled from home by his brutal step-father, stops at an inn and encounters a waiter who…
- J.M. DeMatteisInterview
There are a number of books I’ve read multiple times: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, the great Hindu epic The Ramayana, Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, Ubik by Phillip K. Dick, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L…
- Nick HornbyInterview
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, for energy, ambition and minor characters; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler, for clarity and soul; This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff, for an object lesson in non-fiction writing.
- Daniel RigbyInterview
My Dad went through a period where he’d sit in our bedroom with a can of Boddington’s and read David Copperfield by Charles Dickens to me and my brothers. That’s a book I’ll always associate with him.
- Andrew KnollInterview
I seldom reread books, but every now and again I’ll dip back into a book I enjoyed as a student, mostly to see how my perceptions have changed through time. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens proved as good as remembered, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque – even better. Hesse’s ventures into…
- Philip ReeveInterview
Bleak House and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce, Collected Short Stories by Ray Bradbury, The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (or practically any of his Jeeves or Blandings books), The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, Grendel by John Gardner, Watership Down by…
- Simon MajumdarInterview
It is more a series of books. At Junior school we would often read abridged editions of classics and I just ate them up. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. They sparked off a love of literature that has never left me.
- Doug BradleyInterview
Speaking of all this, I suppose I should add one more. I inherited from my father a love for all things Charles Dickens, and I know that when I was about ten I waded manfully through the entirety of David Copperfield. It took me an age, but I was inordinately proud of doing so and it certainly left a lasting…
- Andrew KlavanInterview
Plenty. The Iliad by Homer, Metamorphoses by Ovid, Dickens – probably David Copperfield but also Bleak House. The Ambassadors by Henry James. I could go on forever.
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