“The Personal History of David Copperfield” – “I hadn’t read ‘David Copperfield’ for a long time. I reread it about 8 or 9 years ago, and I was struck by how modern it was. The themes in it are very, very 21st century. It’s all about status anxiety.” – Armando Iannucci, January 2020 I’ve read a fair share of classic literature, but sadly, I never picked up “David Copperfield”, Charles Dickens’ novel about an Englishman’s 19th-century chronicle told in the first person. During my 20th century secondary education, either my…
Iannucci spins a classic with ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’
