David Copperfield: A Hero Beside the Point

Reviewing Charles Dickens’s Beloved Classic and Risking My Own Hide in the Process

I hated it, I hated it, I hated it. Then I liked it. What’s that? You want me to elaborate. I’m not sure you do. One thing I realized when I posted a Substack Note about my struggles with David Copperfield is how beloved it is. Makes sense; a book only persists 175 years, give or take, because it has fans. Saying something critical is bound to irk some …