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In a sense "David Copperfield"is a novel of straggling for poverty , lonlines (lonely isolation from society ), based on his boyhood unhappy experience.
Dickens has been suffering from economic, emotional ( physical , spiritual )hardship since his family moving ;especially he felt solitude and dreariness )" No advice , no counsel , no encouragement , no consolation , no support from anyone I can remember , he said .
Here is a good example Dickens shows his lonesomeness in "David Copperfield " (chapter11).
> I never happily for me no doubt, made a single acquaintance, or spoke to any of the many boys .....
but I led it in the same lonely , self reliant manner .
My favorite lounging-place in the interval was old London Bridge, where I was wont to sit in one of the stone recesses , watching the people going by, or to look over the balustrades at the un shining in the water ,...<
From this description , I feel sorry for his pitiful hard life to know his spending free time with wondering around London , it's greatly visual scene .
Do you have any moving or unforgetable good books You think is from the writer's experience ?
Iwould be grateful if you could reply to me .
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only their childhood experience is smimilar? i'm writing an essay about the similarity between the author and David, the character he made. To some extend, David Copperfield is an autobiogrophy of Dickens. so where can we see the hint of autobiogrophy?
Thankds a lot for any replies.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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Candice, if you want the hints of Autobiography in "David Copperfield", look to the section that deals with David's coming home when he is schooled by his mother in the virile presence of the equally virile Mr & Miss Murdstone. After biting the hand of Mr.Murdstone, David is locked up in his room. He finds old books in the room adjacent to his own and begins to read these books "as if for life." This reflects Dickens' own experience as he was taken out of school when his improvident father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea (or was it Newgate)? While he worked in the blacking factory, Dickens turned to literature as a source of escapism. The characters Crusoe, Roderick, Tom Jones etc, became real people and these books helped him labour through that horrific stage in his life. Also, David's being forced to go work in Mr.Murdstone's factory obviously mirrors Dickens' having to go work in a blacking factory following his Father's imprisonment. (When his father was released, his mother supposedly wanted to keep Dickens in the Blacking Factory. This may have something to do with the lack of sympathetic mothers-and women in general- in the Author's work). Also, David's taking down Parliamentary speeches as a way of earning more money following his Aunt Betsy Trotwood's bankruptcy, mirrors Dickens, as that is how he earned a living before embarking upon a Novelistic career. Finally, David's becoming a Novelist by the closing of the Novel reflects Dickens' own life. However, if one wants to truly come close to the autobiography in Dickens' work, one must turn to the likes of "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit." It is in these books that George Bernard Shaw said that the real Dickens lies. I have not read "Little Dorrit" but i have read "Great Expectations"- and indeed, "David Copperfield"- on many occasions, and i cannot help feeling that Shaw was right. Through Pip, Dickens deals more seriously with the lurking demons of the human Soul- avarice, social status, regret, human depression and much, much more. I feel that a discussion on "David Copperfield" must include multiple allusions to "Great Expectations" as these Novels- apart from them both being in the first person- have many similarities. Both deal with a boy's longing to deal with making their own way in the world; deal with a boy's being mis-judged and mis-understood by the adults that in habit their world.
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