PREFACE.
Contents
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.
Transcriber's note
Title: The Personal History of David Copperfield
Author: Charles Dickens
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
E-text prepared by Greg Weeks, Jon Hurst,
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THE PERSONAL HISTORY
OF
DAVID COPPERFIELD.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. K. BROWNE.
LONDON:
BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.
1850.
LONDON
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
TO
THE HON. MR. AND MRS. RICHARD WATSON,
OF
ROCKINGHAM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
