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Fiction · 1850

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Reading time
about 26.5 h
Length
363,473 words · 760 pages in print
Structure
64 chapters · 3 front-matter sections
Language
English
Era
Victorian

David Copperfield, first published in 1850, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, machine-cleaned and carefully typeset, free to read online and available in print. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface to 1850 Edition
  3. Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition
  4. Chapter 1 — I Am Born
  5. Chapter 2 — I Observe
  6. Chapter 3 — I Have a Change
  7. Chapter 4 — I Fall Into Disgrace
  8. Chapter 5 — I Am Sent Away from Home
  9. Chapter 6 — I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance
  10. Chapter 7 — My ‘First Half’ at Salem House
  11. Chapter 8 — My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon
  12. Chapter 9 — I Have a Memorable Birthday
  13. Chapter 10 — I Become Neglected, and Am Provided for
  14. Chapter 11 — I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It
  15. Chapter 12 — Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution
  16. Chapter 13 — The Sequel of My Resolution
  17. Chapter 14 — My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me
  18. Chapter 15 — I Make Another Beginning
  19. Chapter 16 — I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One
  20. Chapter 17 — Somebody Turns Up
  21. Chapter 18 — A Retrospect
  22. Chapter 19 — I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery
  23. Chapter 20 — Steerforth’s Home
  24. Chapter 21 — Little Em’ly
  25. Chapter 22 — Some Old Scenes, and Some New People
  26. Chapter 23 — I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession
  27. Chapter 24 — My First Dissipation
  28. Chapter 25 — Good and Bad Angels
  29. Chapter 26 — I Fall Into Captivity
  30. Chapter 27 — Tommy Traddles
  31. Chapter 28 — Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet
  32. Chapter 29 — I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again
  33. Chapter 30 — A Loss
  34. Chapter 31 — A Greater Loss
  35. Chapter 32 — The Beginning of a Long Journey
  36. Chapter 33 — Blissful
  37. Chapter 34 — My Aunt Astonishes Me
  38. Chapter 35 — Depression
  39. Chapter 36 — Enthusiasm
  40. Chapter 37 — A Little Cold Water
  41. Chapter 38 — A Dissolution of Partnership
  42. Chapter 39 — Wickfield and Heep
  43. Chapter 40 — The Wanderer
  44. Chapter 41 — Dora’s Aunts
  45. Chapter 42 — Mischief
  46. Chapter 43 — Another Retrospect
  47. Chapter 44 — Our Housekeeping
  48. Chapter 45 — Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt’s Predictions
  49. Chapter 46 — Intelligence
  50. Chapter 47 — Martha
  51. Chapter 48 — Domestic
  52. Chapter 49 — I Am Involved in Mystery
  53. Chapter 50 — Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True
  54. Chapter 51 — The Beginning of a Longer Journey
  55. Chapter 52 — I Assist at an Explosion
  56. Chapter 53 — Another Retrospect
  57. Chapter 54 — Mr. Micawber’s Transactions
  58. Chapter 55 — Tempest
  59. Chapter 56 — The New Wound, and the Old
  60. Chapter 57 — The Emigrants
  61. Chapter 58 — Absence
  62. Chapter 59 — Return
  63. Chapter 60 — Agnes
  64. Chapter 61 — I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents
  65. Chapter 62 — A Light Shines on My Way
  66. Chapter 63 — A Visitor
  67. Chapter 64 — A Last Retrospect

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Charles Dickens

1812–1870 · Victorian

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