The Absent Reader in David Copperfield

• Published in: Dickensian Vol. 117; no. 515; pp. 271 - 280
• Main Author: Tsutsui, Mizuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London The Dickens Fellowship 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Autobiographical literature; Autobiographies; British & Irish literature; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); English literature; Narrative techniques; Novels; Readers; Reading

[...]as many critics note, we face the fact that David's autobiography was '[n]ot meant to be published, but yet published' (Hurley 3). In Chapter 7, 'My "First Half" at Salem House', David records the maltreatment by the tyrannical, savage schoolmaster, Creakle, b...