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David Copperfield
Chapters (67)
- Preface to the 1850 Edition 0:00
- Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition 1:59
- Dedication 3:59
- I: I Am Born 4:09
- II: I Observe 34:12
- III: I Have a Change 1:12:46
- IV: I Fall Into Disgrace 1:53:26
- V: I Am Sent Away from Home 2:45:16
- VI: I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance 3:32:39
- VII: My “First Half” at Salem House 3:51:34
- VIII: My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon 4:39:40
- IX: I Have a Memorable Birthday 5:18:49
- X: I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For 5:50:01
- XI: I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It 6:43:13
- XII: Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution 7:25:58
- XIII: The Sequel of My Resolution 7:50:44
- XIV: My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me 8:44:00
- XV: I Make Another Beginning 9:25:19
- XVI: I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One 9:50:09
- XVII: Somebody Turns Up 10:47:00
- XVIII: A Retrospect 11:32:46
- XIX: I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery 11:53:42
- XX: Steerforth’s Home 12:37:54
- XXI: Little Em’ly 13:01:09
- XXII: Some Old Scenes, and Some New People 13:53:42
- XXIII: I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession 14:53:44
- XXIV: My First Dissipation 15:32:20
- XXV: Good and Bad Angels 15:54:55
- XXVI: I Fall Into Captivity 16:47:41
- XXVII: Tommy Traddles 17:29:39
- XXVIII: Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet 17:54:52
- XXIX: I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again 18:46:13
- XXX: A Loss 19:06:26
- XXXI: A Greater Loss 19:27:13
- XXXII: The Beginning of a Long Journey 19:51:34
- XXXIII: Blissful 20:42:05
- XXXIV: My Aunt Astonishes Me 21:26:25
- XXXV: Depression 21:49:01
- XXXVI: Enthusiasm 22:43:41
- XXXVII: A Little Cold Water 23:27:55
- XXXVIII: A Dissolution of Partnership 23:49:13
- XXXIX: Wickfield and Heep 24:34:27
- XL: The Wanderer 25:26:31
- XLI: Dora’s Aunts 25:49:34
- XLII: Mischief 26:31:12
- XLIII: Another Retrospect 27:25:02
- XLIV: Our Housekeeping 27:47:00
- XLV: Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt’s Predictions 28:26:27
- XLVI: Intelligence 29:08:22
- XLVII: Martha 29:43:35
- XLVIII: Domestic 30:13:04
- XLIX: I Am Involved in Mystery 30:43:03
- L: Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True 31:15:41
- LI: The Beginning of a Longer Journey 31:42:26
- LII: I Assist at an Explosion 32:29:29
- LIII: Another Retrospect 33:32:49
- LIV: Mr. Micawber’s Transactions 33:46:22
- LV: Tempest 34:26:35
- LVI: The New Wound, and the Old 34:59:12
- LVII: The Emigrants 35:15:44
- LVIII: Absence 35:44:04
- LIX: Return 36:02:26
- LX: Agnes 36:45:21
- LXI: I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents 37:08:53
- LXII: A Light Shines on My Way 37:39:50
- LXIII: A Visitor 38:02:32
- LXIV: A Last Retrospect 38:22:42
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Like many of Dickens’ works, David Copperfield was published serially, then as a complete novel for the first time in 1850. Dickens himself thought of it as his favorite novel, writing in the preface that of all his works Copperfield was his favorite child. This isn’t surprising, considering that many of the events in the novel are semi-autobiographical accounts from Dickens’ own life.
In David Copperfield we follow the life of the titular character as he makes a life for himself in England. He finds himself in the care of a cold stepfather who sends him to boarding school, and from there embarks on a journey filled with characters and events that can only be called “Dickensian” in their colorful and just-barely-probable portrayals.