David Copperfield

And then I found out I knew nothing about this book... I thought it was about an orphan wandering around, but my first hint at the fact it might be more than that was that at 34% of the book he had already found a new abode. I still remained suspicious about this state of affairs for a while, lest the new tutor should die suddenly, but hey, Trot Copperfield was 18!
And so much happens. With the acquaintances he made, with his irritating naivete, with the unnerving irony. There were moments that didn't hold a candle to any soap opera, and there were others... You gnawed at things.
The Micawbers, Dora and later Agnes, Traddles and Steerforth, the awful Mr Mell's episode at the beginning, the craziness with Mr Dick, the constant irony borne of naivety.
Dumbfounded, I will say two things that cannot be considered spoilers: one, Dickens was really really something. The talent, mastery of words and sense of irony put others to shame. Two, it is NOT a “book about an orphan”. This hardly scrapes the surface of a whole hot biography.
Not my favorite classic, but it will hold a dear place in my heart.