Having just read Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead I had to re-read this classic to find out just how close the two were. What struck me most was how fresh and alive the writing still is and how even the most absurd or grotesque characters come across as real and believable human-beings and what a cracking story-teller Dickens was and is. No wonder people rushed out to buy the latest instalment as it appeared every week.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 108 Spring 2023 ) |
