Because we all make questionable decisions from time to time, it’s only natural to wonder if we are our own worst enemy, or if we are the hero in our life, or something in between. Many memoirs begin with this question. However, this book is not a memoir: it’s a novel written by Charles Dickens. Interestingly, he writes about things that he experienced: being sent to a boarding school where boys were whipped, working in a factory at age 12, becoming a court reporter, writing best-selling novels. So…was he a hero in his life? That’s a hard question to answer.
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Penguin Classics, 1996. First published 1850, p. 14.