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November 26, 2023 at 12:30 pm #1571
Julie
Participant@julierich21I’m curious if others have read Dickens’ David Copperfield either before or after reading Demon.
I love Victorian lit, and have read several Dickens but hadn’t read Copperfield yet. I ended up reading it about a month after reading this one. I wish I had read it first because it seems more natural to read the source material first. -
November 27, 2023 at 10:25 am #1575
Kathy
Participant@kystumpJulie – that’s a wonderful idea – I should do that! I remember some of what I learned in probably middle school (?) about the original, but am sure reading again would add a new dimension to Kingsolver’s update.
Thanks for the suggestion!
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November 27, 2023 at 10:32 am #1576
Kathy
Participant@kystumpI heard the author discuss creating this character and setting here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barbara-kingsolver-author-of-demon-copperhead/id1345682353?i=1000634238380
Hope you enjoy!
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November 29, 2023 at 7:14 am #1585
Julie
Participant@julierich21Thanks Kathy- I’ll give this a listen!
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December 23, 2023 at 10:27 am #1592
DawnW
Participant@chickennoodleI am in the middle of a movie version of David Copperfield on Hulu (with Dev Patel). I am loving it, but I’m not sure exactly how closely it follows the book as I read it approximately 100 years ago. I used to read all of Barbara Kingsolver’s books but didn’t keep up with them for some reason. I also heard her on the Armchair Expert podcast and Loved her. I loved what she had to say about the power of reading and how she decided the way in which she wrote this book. I am about halfway through and am amazed by it. Like Dax Shepherd said on the podcast, if you didn’t know who the author was, you could only assume it was a male who had actually lived this life. I am simultaneously watching the Hulu show “Dopesick” which she references as a good look into the origins of the opioid epidemic.
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