Personal History of David Copperfield. Charles Dickens

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СКАЧАТЬ href="#ue6db31a2-417f-56b6-8628-815175e30bb2">Chap. XLVII. Martha

       Chap. XLVIII. Domestic

       Chap. XLIX. I am involved in Mystery

       Chap. L. Mr. Peggotty's Dream comes true

       Chap. LI. The Beginning of a longer Journey

       Chap. LII. I assist at an Explosion

       Chap. LIII. Another Retrospect

       Chap. LIV. Mr. Micawber's Transactions

       Chap. LV. Tempest

       Chap. LVI. The new Wound, and the old

       Chap. LVII. The Emigrants

       Chap. LVIII. Absence

       Chap. LIX. Return

       Chap. LX. Agnes

       Chap. LXI. I am shown two interesting Penitents

       Chap. LXII. A Light shines on my way

       Chap. LXIII. A Visitor

       Chap. LXIV. A last Retrospect

      THE HON. MR. AND MRS. RICHARD WATSON,

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      ROCKINGHAM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

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      PREFACE.

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      I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regret—pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions—that I am in danger of wearying the reader whom I love, with personal confidences, and private emotions.

      Besides which, all that I could say of the Story, to any purpose, I have endeavoured to say in it.

      It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years' imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever. Yet, I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still) that no one ​can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing.

      Instead of looking back, therefore, I will look forward. I cannot close this Volume more agreeably to myself, than with a hopeful glance towards the time when I shall again put forth my two green leaves once a month, and with a faithful remembrance of the genial sun and showers that have fallen on these leaves of David Copperfield, and made me happy.

      London,

      October, 1850.

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      FRONTISPIECE.

OUR PEW AT CHURCH… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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I AM HOSPITABLY RECEIVED BY MR. PEGGOTTY… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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THE FRIENDLY WAITER AND I… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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MY MUSICAL BREAKFAST… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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STEERFORTH AND MR. MELL… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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CHANGES AT HOME… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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MRS. GUMMIDGE CASTS A DAMP ON OUR DEPARTURE… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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MY MAGNIFICENT ORDER AT THE PUBLIC-HOUSE… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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I MAKE MYSELF KNOWN TO MY AUNT… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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THE MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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