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Sample ## Take a look inside CONTENTS PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE YOUNGER CHAPTER 1. — I AM BORN CHAPTER 2. — I OBSERVE CHAPTER 3. — I HAVE A CHANGE CHAPTER 4. — I FALL INTO DISGRACE CHAPTER 5. — I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME CHAPTER 6. — I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER 7. — MY ‘FIRST HALF’ AT SALEM HOUSE CHAPTER 8. — MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON CHAPTER 9. — I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY CHAPTER 10. — I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR CHAPTER 11. — I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON’T LIKE IT CHAPTER 12. — LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 13. — THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION CHAPTER 14. — MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME CHAPTER 15. — I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING CHAPTER 16. — I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE CHAPTER 17. — SOMEBODY TURNS UP CHAPTER 18. — A RETROSPECT CHAPTER 19. — I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY CHAPTER 20. — STEERFORTH’S HOME CHAPTER 21. — LITTLE EM’LY CHAPTER 22. — SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE CHAPTER 23. — I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION CHAPTER 24. — MY FIRST DISSIPATION CHAPTER 25. — GOOD AND BAD ANGELS CHAPTER 26. — I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY CHAPTER 27. — TOMMY TRADDLES CHAPTER 28. — Mr. MICAWBER’S GAUNTLET CHAPTER 29. — I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN CHAPTER 30. — A LOSS CHAPTER 31. — A GREATER LOSS CHAPTER 32. — THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY CHAPTER 33. — BLISSFUL CHAPTER 34. — MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME CHAPTER 35. — DEPRESSION CHAPTER 36.… [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fdavid-copperfield) The sample continues in the full work. 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