J.K. Rowling Comments on Completing the Series

[justcarol67]

CMC wrote:
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> The Dickens quotation that JKR cites was in reference to David 
> Copperfield – and if you've never read it, then rejoice!  DC, 
> Dickens' greatest novel, and your opportunity to face-time with such 
> immortals as Mr. Dick, Uriah Heep and Wilkins Micawber is merely a 
> click away:
> 
> http://www.19thnovels.com/davidcopperfield.php
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Carol responds:
I second the suggestion. Another reason to read "David Copperfield,"
if you haven't already done so, is that (like "Jane Eyre") it's a
classic Bildungsroman (novel of growing up), one of several genres
that the HP books belong to. Essentially, the protagonist passes from
childhood Innocence through Experience (the rougher world outside the
home) to Wisdom (or at any rate, maturity). I won't say more because I
don't want to spoil the story. But you forgot to mention Aunt Betsy
Trotwood, another gem of a character, and the Byronic Steerforth, and
dear old Tommy Traddles. (I can't abide Uriah Heep. He's what BetsyHP
would call a nails-across-the blackboard character for me. But then,
he's supposed to be.)

Carol, wondering to what extent, if any, JKR was influenced by Dickens