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The Personal History of David Copperfield 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

31st January 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

There is little to criticise in Armando Iannucci’s pacy, exuberant, free-thinking and hilarious film, though as a keen baker I had to turn away when faced with Uriah Heep’s mother’s “heavy cakes”, a seemingly never-ending procession of giant overcooked monstrosities with which England’s dark satanic mills could easily have been built. Beyond those inedible indelicacies,… The Personal History of David Copperfield Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: charles dickens, class, david copperfield, identity, society, victorian england

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