Dolly (2012)
“David Copperfield’s words, not mine, but never bettered. During the days which followed I read the book urgently, obsessively, in order to reassure myself of David’s eventual victory over circumstance. Every time he suffered a mishap or a reversal of fortune I suffered with him. I grew impatient with those who wasted his time: I saw nothing amusing in Mr Micawber, while Uriah Heep afflicted me with a sort of desolation, as if evil might just this once be allowed to triumph. But Dickens was on t...he side of Betsey Trotwood, and so was I. Had I had an aunt like her I should have been as valiant as David. But the likes of Betsey Trotwood were in exceedingly short supply—perhaps Marigold’s great-aunts came nearest to that ideal model—whereas all I had in the world now was Dolly. When this became borne in on me I realised why I was so impatient with Mr Micawber. And Dolly was not only Mr Micawber, she was Mrs Micawber as well, hinting that she had come down in the world, as she no doubt believed to be the case.MoreLess
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