I decided to read this concurrently with Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead,” which is based upon the Dickens. The Kingsolver was read for my library’s discussion group, and I wished to read the Dickens for context and comparison. I found the world and characters of Copperfield to be very interesting and compelling, and quite a bit more entertaining and uplifting than those in Copperhead (though Kingsolver was going for something very different). There is a lot of detail in Copperfield that I think would be trimmed away by a modern editor, but I suppose that all added to the book’s charm. I’m glad I read David Copperfield, because it’s always good to acquaint myself with the classics, though this is so massive a book that I imagine this will be my one and only time reading it.