Classics Illustrated David Copperfield

The publication has the illustrated story. along with textual material about the author, the characters, the plot and other tidbits of knowledge. The problem lies in an attempt to condense a rather large novel down to a little over forty pages, and that type of thing just can't really be done very effectively. What you get is a sort of illustrated Cliff Notes type of product.

The story is about David who ends up under the control of a vicious man and his sister. David manages to get some education, usually in bits and pieces, certainly not like today's world where one goes to school continuously through eight or more grades.

He keeps trying to improve himself as he works in a wine shop through ending up a man of letters.

The story also shows what happened to people who fell behind on their debts; they ended up in prison. Just as in today's world, it was the rich people that called the shots.

David gets married, his wife dies, and he gets remarried.

To me, the story doesn't really encourage me to support David. He seems a fairly shallow character, concerned on self-improvement only to raise his status in society and for no other reason. He's not a very interesting person, not someone that would be nice to know.

I will grant the story is considered a classic, but, to me, it's just not that very interesting.

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