The Personal History of David Copperfield

Name: The Personal History of David Copperfield
Author: Dickens

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PREFACE.Sample
LIST OF PLATES.
ERRATA.
Chapter I. I AM BORN
Chapter II. I OBSERVE
Chapter III. I HAVE A CHANGE
Chapter IV. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
Chapter V. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
Chapter VI. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
Chapter VII. MY “FIRST HALF” AT SALEM HOUSE
Chapter VIII. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
Chapter IX. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
Chapter X. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
Chapter XI. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON’T LIKE IT
Chapter XII. LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT RESOLUTION
Chapter XIII. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
Chapter XIV. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
Chapter XV. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
Chapter XVI. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Chapter XVII. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
Chapter XVIII. A RETROSPECT
Chapter XIX. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Chapter XX. STEERFORTH’S HOME
Chapter XXI. LITTLE EM’LY
Chapter XXII. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
Chapter XXIII. I CORROBORATE MR. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION
Chapter XXIV. MY FIRST DISSIPATION
Chapter XXV. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
Chapter XXVI. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Chapter XXVII. TOMMY TRADDLES
Chapter XXVIII. MR. MICAWBER’S GAUNTLET
Chapter XXIX. I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN
Chapter XXX. A LOSS
Chapter XXXI. A GREATER LOSS
Chapter XXXII. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Chapter XXXIII. BLISSFUL
Chapter XXXIV. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
Chapter XXXV. DEPRESSION
Chapter XXXVI. ENTHUSIASM
Chapter XXXVII. A LITTLE COLD WATER
Chapter XXXVIII. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Chapter XXXIX. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
Chapter XL. THE WANDERER
Chapter XLI. DORA’S AUNTS
Chapter XLII. MISCHIEF
Chapter XLIII. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
Chapter XLIV. OUR HOUSEKEEPING
Chapter XLV. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT’S PREDICTION
Chapter XLVI. INTELLIGENCE
Chapter XLVII. MARTHA
Chapter XLVIII. DOMESTIC
Chapter XLIX. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
Chapter L. MR. PEGGOTTY’S DREAM COMES TRUE
Chapter LI. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
Chapter LII. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
Chapter LIII. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
Chapter LIV. MR. MICAWBER’S TRANSACTIONS
Chapter LV. TEMPEST
Chapter LVI. THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD
Chapter LVII. THE EMIGRANTS
Chapter LVIII. ABSENCE
Chapter LIX. RETURN
Chapter LX. AGNES
Chapter LXI. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
Chapter LXII. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
Chapter LXIII. A VISITOR
Chapter LXIV. A LAST RETROSPECT