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CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN — David Copperfield · Kirveo

David CopperfieldCHAPTER 1. I AM BORN

ContentsDavid CopperfieldChapter 1CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN Chapter 2CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE Chapter 3CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE Chapter 4CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE Chapter 5CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME Chapter 6CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE Chapter 7CHAPTER 7. MY ‘FIRST HALF’ AT SALEM HOUSE Chapter 8CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON Chapter 9CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY Chapter 10CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR Chapter 11CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON’T LIKE IT Chapter 12CHAPTER 12. LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT Chapter 13CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION Chapter 14CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME Chapter 15CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING Chapter 16CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE Chapter 17CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP Chapter 18CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT Chapter 19CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY Chapter 20CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH’S HOME Chapter 21CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM’LY Chapter 22CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE Chapter 23CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION Chapter 24CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION Chapter 25CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS Chapter 26CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY Chapter 27CHAPTER 27. TOMMY TRADDLES Chapter 28CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER’S GAUNTLET Chapter 29CHAPTER 29. I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN Chapter 30CHAPTER 30. A LOSS Chapter 31CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS Chapter 32CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY Chapter 33CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL Chapter 34CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME Chapter 35CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION Chapter 36CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM Chapter 37CHAPTER 37. A LITTLE COLD WATER Chapter 38CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Chapter 39CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP Chapter 40CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER Chapter 41CHAPTER 41. DORA’S AUNTS Chapter 42CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF Chapter 43CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT Chapter 44CHAPTER 44. OUR HOUSEKEEPING Chapter 45CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT’S PREDICTIONS Chapter 46CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE Chapter 47CHAPTER 47. MARTHA Chapter 48CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC Chapter 49CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY Chapter 50CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY’S DREAM COMES TRUE Chapter 51CHAPTER 51. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY Chapter 52CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION Chapter 53CHAPTER 53. ANOTHER RETROSPECT Chapter 54CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER’S TRANSACTIONS Chapter 55CHAPTER 55. TEMPEST Chapter 56CHAPTER 56. THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD Chapter 57CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS Chapter 58CHAPTER 58. ABSENCE Chapter 59CHAPTER 59. RETURN Chapter 60CHAPTER 60. AGNES Chapter 61CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS Chapter 62CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY Chapter 63CHAPTER 63. A VISITOR Chapter 64CHAPTER 64. A LAST RETROSPECT

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