Yep, half the fun is comparing the stories side by side. I was essentially doing parallel reads and it makes for a really neat experience. Really makes you feel like you’re traveling through time. David Copperfield feels more modern by it, and it makes you relate more strongly to a classic (which some people have trouble doing because we tend to perceive people in the past as stuffy and more serious than they were), and it makes Demon Copperfield shine and feel all the more devastating all the while. Reading them together highlights how hierarchies and social and economical inequality affects the poor and working class, especially the resulting exploitation of children.

The biggest draw is the prose, if it hasn’t interested you, stop reading. I don’t read for plot or world building, I read for vibes and pretty sentences, so I really like his books, if that’s not your case, it’s not for you.