Barbara Kingsolver's novel retells David Copperfield in Appalachia during the opioid crisis, following Dickens's plot and recasting his characters for a boy born to a teenage mother in a trailer.
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield: 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
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- Childhood labour at Warren's blacking factory
David's spell in a London warehouse retells Dickens's own childhood work at Warren's blacking factory while his father was in debtors' prison.